Burmese Journalists Demand Release of Colleague

Dozens of Burmese journalists have held a protest to demand the release of a colleague who was sentenced to three-months in prison. The journalists and activists held signs saying "The Right to Information is the Life of Democracy" as they marched through downtown Rangoon on Tuesday. They were protesting the conviction of Ma Khine, a journalist who was working on a story about corruption when she was arrested in the eastern state of Kayah. Myint Kyaw, head of the Myanmar...

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