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    5 Tavoy student activists sentenced
    July 9, 2015in Education, Lead Story, News, Protest204by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    5 Tavoy student activists sentenced

    Five members of the Tavoy University Students Union were sentenced on Wednesday for their involvement in an education law protests earlier this year.

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    Burma listed in Top 10 for jailing journalists
    December 20, 2014in Lead Story, Media, News, Politics14by COLIN HINSHELWOOD / DVB
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    Burma listed in Top 10 for jailing journalists

    “With ten journalists now languishing behind bars, proponents of the country’s supposed democratic progress should wake up and take notice of the authoritarian reality that still governs the country.”

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    Number of political prisoners is up, says rights group
    September 9, 2014in Lead Story, News, Politics307by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Number of political prisoners is up, says rights group

    Despite the president’s promise to rid Burma’s jails of political prisoners by the end of 2013, a leading advocacy group claims that the number of prisoners of conscience has increased…

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    The power of protest: Nay Myo Zin
    August 31, 2014in Interview, Lead Story, News66by AYE NAI / DVB
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    The power of protest: Nay Myo Zin

    DVB spoke with prominent activist and former Burmese army captain, Nay Myo Zin, this week about participating in peaceful protests and how it can lead to clashes with the government.

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    Activists Win Cho and Wai Lu sentenced to 3 months
    August 26, 2014in Lead Story, News, Politics97by DVB
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    Activists Win Cho and Wai Lu sentenced to 3 months

    Two well-known activists have been sentenced to three months in prison for violating Burma’s controversial Right to Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Act, after staging a rally without prior permission…

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    Activist sentenced to one year for false claims of NLD coup
    August 7, 2014in Lead Story, News, Politics2by AYE NAI / DVB
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    Activist sentenced to one year for false claims of NLD coup

    An activist was sentenced to one year in prison with hard labour for distributing leaflets that claimed that Aung San Suu Kyi and ethnic political leaders formed an interim government.

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