Burmese Journalists Demand Release of Their Colleague

Dozens of Burmese journalists have held a protest to demand the release of one of their colleagues after a three-month prison term was handed down to Ma Khine. The journalists and activists held signs saying "The Right to Information is the Life of Democracy" as they marched through downtown Rangoon on Tuesday. Ma Khine had been was working on a story about corruption when she was arrested in the eastern state of Kayah. She was convicted last month of trespassing, using...

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