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    Independence Day amnesty, Experts criticize junta’s increased military budget

    FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Independence Day amnesty  The junta released 7,012 prisoners to mark Burma’s 75th Independence Day on Jan. 4. A source close to the prison department confirmed to DVB that the former Union Minister of Religious Affairs, Thura U Aung Ko, and writer Than Myint Aung were released from Insein Prison. In 2021, …

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    Hanthar Nyein sentenced to an additional five years in prison

    The Insein Prison Court sentenced Hanthar Nyein, 41, to an additional five years on Dec. 26. This brings the journalist, editor and co-founder of Kamayut Media to a total prison sentence of seven years. Hanthar Nyein was convicted under Section 33 (A) of the country’s Electronics Transactions Law. Last March, Hanthar was sentenced to two …

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    Journalists receive prison sentences for “incitement”; International development group divests from Yoma Bank

    FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Journalists receive prison sentences for “incitement” Two Myanmar Pressphoto Agency (MPA) journalists, along with seven others anti-coup protesters, have been sentenced by the Insein Prison Court on Dec. 21 to three years in prison with hard labor. The MPA journalists Hmu Yadanar Khet Moh Moh Tun and Kaung Sett Lin were …

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    Poet receives additional prison sentence, UN Security Council to vote on Burma

    FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Poet receives additional prison sentence The Pathein poet Lu Phan Kha (aka Htet Lin Soe) received an additional two years under Section 505 of the Penal Code on Dec. 19. This brings his total prison sentence to 28 years. Htet Lin Soe was convicted of violating the Natural Disaster Management Law, …

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    Kyaw Moe Tun to remain Burma’s UN ambassador, Junta snubs ethnic armed groups

    FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Kyaw Moe Tun to stay as Burma’s UN ambassador The United Nations General Assembly Credentials Committee has renewed the status of Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun as Burma’s Permanent Representative to the UN, according to VOA. The UN has refused to recognize the junta-picked appointee. Kyaw Moe Tun took up the ambassador …

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    Burma: IFJ launches anti-wage theft campaign

    The International Federation of Journalists and its affiliate, the Myanmar Journalists Network (MJN), have today launched a campaign to end the underpayment of Burmese journalists and media workers, both inside Myanmar and in exile, by local and international media outlets. The IFJ and the MJN commend the continued perseverance of Myanmar’s independent journalists amid immeasurable …

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