Yangon (AFP) - Defamation cases have rocketed since Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government came to power in Myanmar, a report said Monday, as the rich and powerful intensify their use of draconian laws to muzzle civil society and the media.
There had been high hopes that the new government would herald a breakthrough for freedom of speech after half a century of stifling military rule.
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