The Law Council of Australia and Australian Bar Association condemn violence towards lawyers in Myanmar

12/04/2021

The Law Council of Australia and Australian Bar Association have issued a joint media release today strongly condemning the ongoing intimidation, harassment, arbitrary arrest and incommunicado detention of lawyers and judges by Myanmar’s military (the Tatmadaw) since the unlawful coup d’état on 1 February 2021.

The Law Council of Australia and the Australian Bar Association are concerned by credible reports of lawyers being detained for challenging the legality of their client’s detention, and for filing legitimate cases that the military considers undesirable. In addition, judges at all levels of courts have been dismissed without valid cause, and some placed under unlawful detention.

The joint media statement is available here.