缅甸法院以侮辱宗教罪判处三人劳役监禁

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.

去年12月，这张广告单出现在脸书上，推销维加斯特罗酒吧优惠价饮料和电子音乐，广告单上的佛像色泽浓烈，头戴大型耳机。后来这张广告单被一则道歉启事取代。

仰光的这家法院做出判决，新西兰公民布拉克伍德和两名缅甸人(Tun Thurien 和 Htut Ko Ko Lwin)因侮辱宗教而服两年劳役，并因不服从一名公职人员的命令而入狱半年。

目前，佛教民族主义正在缅甸兴起。