GENEVA, Nov 13 : The conviction and sentencing of an editor by a military court in Yangon on Friday after a closed-door,"unfair trial," symbolises journalists' plight in Myanmar since a recent coup, according to the UN Human Rights chief.
"Myanmar has quickly reverted to an environment of information control, censorship and propaganda seen under military regimes in the past." He was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison, accused of violating laws relating to unlawful association and immigration and sowing dissent against the military.
But Frontier Myanmar said Fenster resigned from Myanmar Now in July 2020 and"joined Frontier the following month ... so by his arrest in May 2021 he had been working with Frontier for nine months.""Attacks on journalists and the media further exacerbate the vulnerability of huge sections of society that rely on accurate and independent information," said Bachelet.
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