A statute reference page maintained by Free Expression Myanmar, a Myanmar civil-society organization that documents and campaigns against provisions of national law restricting speech and information, including the colonial-era Penal Code sections that criminalize religious insult.
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Reliability Tier2
Tier two: a Myanmar civil-society organization campaigning for freedom of expression, documenting the Penal Code's speech-restricting sections including 295 and 295A with section numbers and penalties; an advocacy source rather than a neutral government or academic one, read here for its statutory citation. Citation
PublisherFree Expression Myanmar
URLhttps://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/penal-code/
Source Typereference article
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This source names Myanmar directly: "page maintained by Free Expression Myanmar, a Myanmar civil-society organization that documents and campaigns against provisions of national law restricting speech and information, including the..."
Source Free Expression Myanmar: The Penal Code
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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