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Myanmar: Democratic Voice of Burma journalist jailed
Responding to news of the conviction and three-year jail term handed down by a Myanmar court to Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) journalist Min Nyo for his reporting on the post-coup reality in Myanmar on 12 May, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Southeast & East Asia, Emerlynne Gil, said: “The conviction and three-year sentence …
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Myanmar: Reuters journalists must be released
The Myanmar authorities must immediately release two journalists from the Reuters news agency who have been arbitrarily detained for investigating military abuses in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Amnesty International said. The two journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, are due in court today. They had been investigating the recent military operations in Rakhine State when …
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