{"id":3849,"date":"2018-05-13T12:44:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T06:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equalitymyanmar.org\/new-eng\/?p=3849"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:55:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:25:03","slug":"eight-arrested-in-yangon-protest-for-end-to-kachin-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equalitymyanmar.org\/?p=3849","title":{"rendered":"Eight arrested in Yangon protest for end to Kachin violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YANGON \u2013 At least eight protestors were arrested during a peaceful protest calling for an end to violence in Kachin State and across the country, in Yangon\u2019s Tamwe Township on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The organisers, who planned to march from Tamwe to the city\u2019s downtown area, were informed earlier in the week that authorities had denied them permission to hold the event.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption none media-element file-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-full no-display appear\" title=\"Steve Tickner | Frontier\" src=\"https:\/\/frontiermyanmar.net\/sites\/frontiermyanmar.net\/files\/styles\/content_full_width\/public\/dsc_3381_lo_res.jpg?itok=5LTX7-ME\" alt=\"Steve Tickner | Frontier\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-fid=\"10586\" data-media-element=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Steve Tickner | Frontier<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said the protest would violate an order that banned protests in 11 of Yangon\u2019s 14 townships, citing a desire to avoid public annoyance and anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>Amid a heavy police presence, protesters gathered outside a Tamwe shopping centre, holding signs and shouting slogans that called for an end to violence in Kachin State and across the country.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption none media-element file-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-full no-display appear\" title=\"Steve Tickner | Frontier\" src=\"https:\/\/frontiermyanmar.net\/sites\/frontiermyanmar.net\/files\/styles\/content_full_width\/public\/dsc_3299_lo_res.jpg?itok=KcWpHLgm\" alt=\"Steve Tickner | Frontier\" width=\"1000\" height=\"643\" data-fid=\"10587\" data-media-element=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Steve Tickner | Frontier<\/p>\n<p>The protest turned physical when several protestors attempted to pass a line of police armed with riot shields. Riot control vehicles, including a water canon, were also on the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The detained activists from this evening\u2019s protest are currently being held in Yankin Township police station.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption none media-element file-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-full no-display appear\" title=\"Steve Tickner | Frontier\" src=\"https:\/\/frontiermyanmar.net\/sites\/frontiermyanmar.net\/files\/styles\/content_full_width\/public\/dsc_3465_lo_res.jpg?itok=sc98dtmg\" alt=\"Steve Tickner | Frontier\" width=\"1000\" height=\"704\" data-fid=\"10588\" data-media-element=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Steve Tickner | Frontier<\/p>\n<p>In the past week, at least nine activists across Myanmar have been detained, charged, or sentenced for organising and participating in protests calling for an end to the violence and protesting the denial of safe passage to displaced people in Kachin.<\/p>\n<p>Several human rights organizations have called for an end to the protest ban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Burmese government should immediately drop charges against these activists and allow peaceful protests to take place,\u201d said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is extremely disappointing that after the election of a civilian government \u2026 the authorities are still prosecuting peaceful protesters and banning marches. Invoking a rarely enforced and overbroad protest ban sends a message that the government has little appetite for critical speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/frontiermyanmar.net\/en\/eight-arrested-in-yangon-protest-for-end-to-kachin-violence\">Frontier<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YANGON \u2013 At least eight protestors were arrested during a peaceful protest calling for an end to violence in Kachin State and across the country, in Yangon\u2019s Tamwe Township on Saturday evening. The organisers, who planned to march from Tamwe to the city\u2019s downtown area, were informed earlier in the week that authorities had denied [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/equalitymyanmar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/equalitymyanmar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/equalitymyanmar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalitymyanmar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalitymyanmar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/equalitymyanmar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3851,"href":"https:\/\/equalitymyanmar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3849\/revisions\/3851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalitymyanmar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/equalitymyanmar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalitymyanmar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalitymyanmar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}