Junta calls burning deaths "fake news" as Dontaw buries its children – DVB
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Myanmar’s military junta slaughters protesters and press freedom
Myanmar Now, a news outlet based in Yangon. Kim first encountered Swe Win in 2019, when he was enmeshed in a long running defamation case; he was subsequently shot in the leg, apparently at the directive of military leaders, and decided to go into exile. When the coup took place, he wasn’t in Myanmar. He instructed his colleagues on the ground to evacuate the newsroom and stay with family or friends, but some staffers quickly went back to work to cover burgeoning protests. “It would be a shame if we missed the entire public opposition,” Swe Win told Kim. “It would be psychologically devastating to all of us we’d feel very irresponsible so I put half the team back at work. But still, we’re in disarray. They’re still grappling with the trauma of the coup.” He also spoke with donors about opening a newsroom outside Myanmar.
Myanmar Police Prosecute Activists Celebrating Human Rights Day
Myanmar Police Prosecute Activists Celebrating Human Rights Day
Police ask activists to disperse at the event to mark Human Rights Day on December 10 in Sittwe. / Facebook
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By Khine Rola 22 December 2020
Sittwe, Rakhine State Rakhine State police have opened a case against three activists under Article 19 of the Peaceful Assembly and Procession Law over a human rights demonstration in the state capital, Sittwe, earlier this month.
The three – Ko Min Bar Chay (also known as Ko Than Hla), Ko Naing Naing Tun and Ma Khaing Mrat Thu from the Rakhine Youth New Generation Network led other protesters to mark Human Rights Day on Dec. 10.