Activists Face Violent Threats After Opposing Interfaith Marriage Bill

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Activists Face Violent Threats After Opposing Interfaith Marriage Bill

By YEN SNAING / THE IRRAWADDY| Wednesday, June 4, 2014 |

RANGOON — Burmese activists who publicly opposed a controversial interfaith marriage bill say they are receiving violent threats from anonymous callers.

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I wonder what would happen if they reported those numbers to the Police?

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US Ambassador Concerned About Death Threats to Burmese Activists

By THE IRRAWADDY| Monday, June 9, 2014 |

RANGOON — The US ambassador to Burma has raised concerns over reports that women activists who publicly opposed a controversially interfaith marriage law have been threatened with violence.

“It has been reported in several newspapers that women speaking up in opposition to proposed legislation affecting women’s rights are receiving death threats and being called traitors. I have talked personally to some of these women,” Derek Mitchell said Saturday in Rangoon.

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