Journalists, as members of the public, have a constitutional right to attend court hearings but they are being denied access by over-zealous clerks and judges with an aversion to scrutiny.
Cases of sexual assault, some involving murder, have increased in Rakhine State since the 2021 military coup, while the Arakan Army judicial system’s ability to deal with criminal cases has been hampered by the chaos caused by fighting with the regime.
BY Frontier
