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#LAURA OVERLOOP UPDATE#
#LAURA OVERLOOP TRIAL#

Julie Trébault, PEN America - Artists at Risk Connection (ARC), United States of America.

Natalia María Solórzano, Vásquez, Aguacero Cine, Costa Rica.Barbora Hudeckova, One World, Czech Republic.Angelica Cabezas Pino, The University of Manchester, Chile.Petr Lom, ZIN Documentaire B.V., Netherlands.Igor Blazevic, One World Human Rights Film Festival, Czech Republic.Mariia Ponomarova, Documentary filmmaker, Ukraine/The Netherlands.Yamac Okur, SE-YAP (Film Producers’ Association of Turkey), Turkey.Mark Cousins, Belfast Film Festival, Ireland.Kelsey Jones, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands.Richard Warden, Document Human Rights Film Festival, United Kingdom.Oksana Sarkisova, Verzio Film Festival, Hungary.Vincent Mercier, Festival International du Film des Droits de l'Homme, France.Ketil Magnussen, Human International Documentary Film Festival, Norway.Ondrej Kamenicky, One World, Czech Republic.Giulia Grassilli, Human Rights Nights, Italy.Abdoulaye Gaye, AfricanBamba Human Rights Film Festival, Senegal.Mario Friso, Festival des Libertés, Belgium.Gediminas Andriukaitis, Inconvenient Films, Lithuania.Lili HINSTIN, Locarno Film Festival, Swizertland.

Andy Paterson, Producer, United Kingdom.

Christoph Terhechte, Festival International du Film de Marrakech, Germany.

Pauline Gygax, Rita Productions, Switzerland.

Anand Patwardhan, Anand Patwardhan, India.

Cameron Bailey, TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival), Canada.

Karel Och, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic.

Marion Döring, European Film Academy, Germany.

Sergei Loznitsa, Atoms-and-Void, Germany.

Cees van 't Hullenaar, IDFA, The Netherlands.

Hicham Lasri, Film director / novelist, Morocco.

Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Cineaste, Belgique.

Mahamat Saleh Haroun, Film director, Chad.

Barbet SCHROEDER, Films du Losange, Switzerland.

Luc Dardenne, Les films du fleuve, Belgium.

Jean-Michel Frodon, Film critic and professor, France.

Tabitha Jackson, Sundance Institute, United States.

Keri Putnam, Sundance Institute, United States.

Melanie Iredale, Sheffield Doc/Fest, United Kingdom.

Mariette Rissenbeek, Berlin International Film Festival, Germany.

Simon Kilmurry, International Documentary Association, United States.

Bero Beyer, International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Orwa Nyrabia, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

His life is at stake and so is freedom of expression in Myanmar. After the second court hearing, defense lawyer Robert San Aung said “my strategy is focused on defending freedom of expression.” To date, almost 1,000 film professionals are asking for the release of filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi. He stands accused by the military of defaming them on Facebook. He is seriously ill in prison and may not survive a lengthy trial.

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Update as of May 9: After the second court hearing on May 9, filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi has still not been released. We therefore plead for compassion for his serious health condition, and call authorities in Myanmar for the immediate release of Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi and his right to bail on humanitarian grounds. We are gravely concerned for his health and fear for his life, should Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi be sentenced to imprisonment. Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi’s physical health is currently very fragile, having been operated to treat liver cancer only three months ago.

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Recently, he has been denied bail and is now awaiting his trial scheduled on 25 April. Additionally, Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi is the co-founder of the Human Rights Human Dignity Film Festival in Yangon.Īfter publishing various Facebook posts expressing public concern towards the military-drafted 2008 Constitution, he was detained and charged under two violations, both carrying a maximum prison sentence of two years. On April 12, 2019, filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi was arrested by the Myanmar authorities after being sued by a military officer for “insulting and defaming the Army.” Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi is a prominent filmmaker in Myanmar, and as such, an important voice in cinema in general. We - filmmakers, film professionals, festivals, and organisations from around the world - are expressing our profound dismay at the recent detention of our fellow filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi and we are calling for his immediate release.