Myanmar: Further information: Anti-military peaceful protester released early: Tin Maung Kyi
Activist Tin Maung Kyi was released 13 days early on 29 March 2019 after serving six months and two days in prison. He was imprisoned for staging a solo protest calling on the international community to arrest senior Myanmar generals.
Outcome UA: 188/18 Index: ASA 16/0204/2019 Myanmar Date: 12 April 2019
URGENT ACTION
ANTI-MILITARY PEACEFUL PROTESTER RELEASED EARLY
Activist Tin Maung Kyi was released 13 days early on 29 March 2019 after serving six
months and two days in prison. He was imprisoned for staging a solo protest calling on
the international community to arrest senior Myanmar generals.
NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUESTED. MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT APPEALS.
Tin Maung Kyi was released from Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, on 29 March 2019 after having
served six months and two days in prison. Arrested on 28 September 2018 for staging a peaceful solo protest calling on
the international community to arrest senior Myanmar generals, he was sentenced on 11 February 2019 under Article
505(b) of Myanmar’s Penal Code and Article 20 of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Act (the Peaceful
Assembly Act). The maximum sentence he could have received was two years and one month in prison.
Sentenced to a total of six months and 15 days in prison – six months for the former charge and 15 days for the latter
charge – he was released early after receiving several sentence deductions, including for good behaviour.
Tin Maung Kyi should have never been imprisoned for peacefully exercising his rights to freedom of expression and
peaceful assembly and Amnesty International continues to campaign for the release of all prisoners of conscience.
NAME AND PREFFERED PRONOUN: Tin Maung Kyi (he/him)
THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL OUTPUT FOR UA 188/18
LINK TO PREVIOUS UA: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa16/9336/2018/en/