緬甸法院以侮辱宗教罪判處三人勞役監禁

A court in Myanmar sentenced a bar manager and two colleagues to two and a half years in prison Tuesday for using an image of Buddha in a flyer that a judge said insulted Buddhism.

The flyer promoting discounted drinks and electronic music at VGastro Bar appeared on the Facebook in December showing Buddha in vibrant colors wearing large headphones. It was later replaced by an apology.

The court in Yangon sentenced Philip Blackwood of New Zealand and Tun Thurien and Htut Ko Ko Lwin of Myanmar to two years of hard labor for insulting religion and another six months for disobeying an order from a public servant.

The case comes as Myanmar is seeing a surge in Buddhist nationalism.星期二，一個緬甸法院判處一名酒吧經理及其兩名同事兩年半勞役和監禁。他們的罪名是在一張廣告單上使用佛像。法官說，這樣做是對佛教的侮辱。

去年12月，這張廣告單出現在臉書上，推銷維加斯特羅酒吧優惠價飲料和電子音樂，廣告單上的佛像色澤濃烈，頭戴大型耳機。後來這張廣告單被一則道歉啓事取代。

仰光的這家法院做出判決，新西蘭公民布拉克伍德和兩名緬甸人(Tun Thurien 和 Htut Ko Ko Lwin)因侮辱宗教而服兩年勞役，並因不服從一名公職人員的命令而入獄半年。

目前，佛教民族主義正在緬甸興起。