GENEVA — Five United Nations experts* strongly condemned severe convictions and the unfair trials of prisoners of conscience in Myanmar. Following one year of arbitrary detention, dozens of individuals who had been arrested in connection with peaceful demonstrations in Myanmar last year, are since August 2008 being tried by courts.
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 18 November 2008. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
