Lawyers who defend opponents of the Burmese military junta risk a lot, according to a Human Rights Watch report published Thursday, June 8: harassment, intimidation, threats and prison sentences, some have even been tortured. Many lawyers cannot or no longer dare to practice their profession, whereas, since the putsch of February 2021, more than 23,000 people have been arrested and need to be defended.
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Burma: Human Rights Watch denounces the intimidation of opponents’ lawyers
