Myanmar upper house okays student unions
Proposals to allow Myanmar students to form unions for the first time in decades passed their first parliamentary hurdle yesterday in amendments to an education bill that has sparked protests which saw dozens of activists arrested.
The move comes a day after more than 60 campaigners, detained during a violent police crackdown on their protest in early March, appeared at a court in the central town of Letpadan facing charges that could see them jailed for nearly a decade.
Myanmar MPs are redrafting the controversial education bill in response to an outcry from students and activists, who have staged months of protests in the former military-run state. The vote will be followed by further votes in the lower and combined.
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