The Freedom Of Assembly Law

While looking online through different websites that contained articles and history involving the freedom to assemble, I found out about the Peace Protests in Burma. The country has a history of fighting for their rights, but there has been an uproar in recent months regarding the people peacefully protesting for changes in land and education in their country. Although their country rules are different from the United States, they still have the right to assemble peacefully if they get permission from the government five days in advance before they protest. The people of Burma should not get expensive fines or long jail time for peacefully protesting. In this paper I will break down what the freedom of assembly law means then I will connect the law of the United States to the Burma laws and I will explain how the people are being treated unfairly by the government. I will briefly discuss a harsh part of their history called the 8888 uprising where thousands of people were killed for peacefully protesting. . I will also connect the Burma situation with history in the United States during the Civil Rights Movement, when Martin Luther King preached equality by using the freedom to assemble. Although the Civil Rights Movement was more motivated by racism Dr. King still preached for equality and ability of the people to fight for what they want. My goal in this paper is to prove that the people in Burma do have a right to peacefully protest for what they want without any penalties.

The First Amendment, Freedom of Assembly. The first amendment of the U.S Constitution states that “Congress shall make no law going against establishment of religion, or prohibiting the exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press...

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...ership Conference. In this group, King traveled the country giving lectures on nonviolent protest and civil rights along with meeting other activist and political leaders. All of these events led up to the March on Washington which was the biggest event ,where around 300,000 people assembled for Jobs, freedom and equality for African Americans across the country. At the march Dr. King gave his most famous ‘I have a dream’ speech which called for peace and equality and also won the 1964 Nobel Peace prize. (A&E Television Networks) Although there were lots of hardships King didn’t give up and he used the freedom of assembly to bring the people together and allow black people to be treated fairly. Just as Dr. King did, the people of Burma can use their assembly law to fight for what they feel should be changed in their country as they have to live under the conditions.