FILE - This undated family file photo provided on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 shows Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw in Yangon, Myanmar. A court in Myanmar is scheduled to hold a hearing on Friday, March 12, 2021 for Zaw while covering demonstrations against the military's seizure of power on Feb. 27, 2021 in Yangon. He is facing a charge that could send him to prison for three years.
The hearing Friday, which Thein Zaw attended via a video teleconference, came at the end of his initial remand period.Thein Zaw and at least six other members of the media have been charged with violating a public order law, according to his lawyer, Tin Zar Oo, and the independent Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. Separate hearings were held Friday for the other detained journalists.
According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, 38 journalists have been detained since the military ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1. Nineteen are still incarcerated.In another move against the media, authorities this week canceled the licenses of five local outlets that had extensively covered the protests.
It must be a tramped up charge. Journalists have a wider reach and therefore, the junta cant stand them. It'll use any means to suppress them. They don't want the truth to be told, especially using the social media, which a challenge to any dirty Gov't.
2 Int. human rights org. -'China should take responsibility for the Uighur genocide' Xinjiang is not Han Chinese territory. Hundreds of yrs ago, was subjugated to the Qing Dynasty. The Uyghurs groan in the sea of pain. Becse for self-gov. indep. When will the Uyghur tragedy end?
Wouldn't expect anything else....
Let's talk about the judiciary These judges just tuned in as soon as a new group is in power. So seamlessly. And reversed back to the constitution when things change for the better. hypocrite
Not only mee
I’m so sorry🥺
So, sedition is on the menu again, or no?
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