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Day: August 20, 2015

Additional sentences for Latpadaung activists
Five activists previously sentenced to prison after a protest Rangoon last year, are sentenced to four months each in prison by the Ahlone township court.

Burmese solider killed by roadside bomb: witness
An attack on a Burmese army convoy in northern Shan State has left one solider dead and two injured, according to a witness.

Mandalay govt vows crackdown on same-sex couples
Minister Myint Kyu characterised homosexuality as “unacceptable” and threatened to detain and “educate” gay men in particular.