Sein Than
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2015-032-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2015
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 21.916221
Longitude: 95.955974
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Myanmar (Burma)
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Unclear
- Dates of prior UN action
- 12 August 2014
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
a human rights defender and leader of a movement denouncing the confiscation and demanding the restitution of Mi Chaung Kan land
- Type of rights defended
- Land rights/environment
- Was the victim a civil servant, member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
On 31 July 2014, while on his way to the United Nations office to deliver documents for the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, in follow-up to their meeting during her visit to the country earlier that month
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Special Procedures: country
- Dates of engagement
- earlier in July 2014; 31 July 2014
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Submission of information to UN
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 31 July 2014
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Insein prison
- Reprisal information
On 31 July 2014, while on his way to the United Nations office to deliver documents for the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, in follow-up to their meeting during her visit to the country earlier that month, Mr. Than was reportedly arrested with force, causing him injury, by 10 plain-clothed individuals who allegedly did not present an arrest warrant. He was reportedly subsequently detained on remand pending trial at Insein prison on charges related to the conduct of a peaceful assembly or procession without the permission of the authorities.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Charge/Investigation/Prosecution: Trial
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Government response dates
- 27 October 2014
- Government response content
In reply, on 27 October 2014, the Government affirmed that Mr. Than had been lawfully arrested, detained and sentenced for having organized processions and staged protests in different townships between March and May 2014 without prior approval (ibid.).
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0