Burma - Photographer sentenced to eight years in prison

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Sithu Zeya, a 21-year-old photographer who was arrested on 16 April for taking photos of the damage caused by a bomb in a Rangoon park, has been sentenced to eight years in prison. His father, Maung Maung Zeya, a journalist and painter who was arrested a day later, is to be tried in January. Both worked for the exile radio and TV station Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB). More information about their arrest: http://en.rsf.org/burma-maung-zeya-... http://www.dvb.no/news/dvb-reporter... (...)

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