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    Amnesty slams 'outrageous' jailing of online satirist
    January 22, 2016in Lead Story, News, Politics33by DVB
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    Amnesty slams 'outrageous' jailing of online satirist

    An online activist received a six month jail term, minus time already served, in a Friday sentencing at a Rangoon court. After an October arrest, Kachin man Patrick Kum Jaa…

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    Death penalty for three-time police killer
    December 4, 2015in Crime, Lead Story, News3by DVB
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    Death penalty for three-time police killer

    A man convicted of the September murder of two policemen was sentenced to death by hanging at Rangoon’s Thanlyin Township court on Friday.

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    Human rights groups condemn social media arrests
    October 16, 2015in Human Rights, Lead Story, News, Politics1by KIMBERLEY PHILLIPS / DVB
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    Human rights groups condemn social media arrests

    Human rights groups have condemned the arrests of Chaw Sandi Htun and Patrick Kum Jaa Lee, who were detained in relation to Facebook posts.

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    Release all 91 political prisoners, says Amnesty
    October 8, 2015in Human Rights, Lead Story, News, Politics314by COLIN HINSHELWOOD / DVB
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    Release all 91 political prisoners, says Amnesty

    Jailed for religious defamation, New Zealander Phil Blackwood is the sole foreigner on Amnesty International’s list of 91 prisoners of conscience in Burma.

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    5 journalists among political prisoners released
    July 31, 2015in Lead Story, Logging, Media, News, Politics195by COLIN HINSHELWOOD / DVB
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    5 journalists among political prisoners released

    Five journalists were among at least 13 political prisoners released as pardons are granted to 6,996 inmates across Burma in a presidential amnesty.

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    Burma ‘lagging behind’ on press freedom, says Suu Kyi
    May 4, 2015in Lead Story, Media, News6by EI MA MA MON
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    Burma ‘lagging behind’ on press freedom, says Suu Kyi

    Burma’s opposition leader joins chorus of voices challenging government’s backsliding on media freedom.

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