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    Child soldier case: verdict next week, says judge
    March 20, 2018in Lead Story, Military, News622by YE MON
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    Child soldier case: verdict next week, says judge

    Court proceedings were interrupted by defendant Aung Ko Htwe shouting that he refused to accept “a cow judge” and that he does not recognise the judicial system.

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    4 Burmese nationalists jailed for US embassy protest
    September 29, 2017in Lead Story, News, Rohingya379by DVB
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    4 Burmese nationalists jailed for US embassy protest

    Buddhist monks and nationalists assembled outside the US embassy in April to denounce the use of the term “Rohingya” in an embassy statement.

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    49 activists arrested last month: AAPP
    June 8, 2015in Lead Story, News, Politics58by DVB
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    49 activists arrested last month: AAPP

    Report says Burma currently holds 163 political prisoners, adding that 442 non-detained activists are awaiting trial, 49 of whom were charged in May.

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    Students apply for bail at Myingyan hearing
    June 5, 2015in Education, Lead Story, Mandalay Division, News, Protest189by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Students apply for bail at Myingyan hearing

    Six detainees appear in court charged with leading education law protests, while two others face trial for lowering the national flag.

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    Student protests: 13 denied bail
    June 3, 2015in Education, Lead Story, News, Pegu Division, Protest2by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Student protests: 13 denied bail

    One activist faints at a pre-trial hearing at Tharawaddy court, allegedly from injuries sustained in the police crackdown in Letpadan on 10 March.

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    Burma among top ten most censored countries, says CPJ
    April 22, 2015in Lead Story, Media, News, Politics557by SONYA CARASSIK RATTY
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    Burma among top ten most censored countries, says CPJ

    Politicians still view free press “as a threat that must be contained,” says Shawn Crispin of the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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