This picture taken on March 28, 2017 shows poet and freedom of expression activist Maung Saungkha posing in Yangon. On September 4 a verdict will be announced in the government's case brought against him under the Peaceful Assembly Law for protesting an ongoing internet blackout in northern Rakhine State. (AFP)
This picture taken on March 28, 2017 shows poet and freedom of expression activist Maung Saungkha posing in Yangon. On September 4 a verdict will be announced in the government's case brought against him under the Peaceful Assembly Law for protesting an ongoing internet blackout in northern Rakhine State. (AFP)

Election candidates must pledge to amend the Peaceful Assembly Law

More than 90 people have been charged under the law since the National League for Democracy came to power in 2015.

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