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Myanmar's gov't revokes anti-dissident law: mediaAFP YANGON--Myanmar has repealed a law that was used to jail critics of the former junta, state media said Wednesday.
January 17, 2013, 12:03 am TWN Reformist President Thein Sein on Tuesday revoked legislation which banned protests against the “peaceful handover of power,” the Burmese-language Myanma Ahlin newspaper reported. The law, which came into force in 1996, also banned protests against “the successful holding of the national convention” — the body which drafted Myanmar's controversial constitution in 2007 after 14 years of secretive talks. The president's order was set to be approved by parliament on Wednesday.
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