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A freelance photographer was violently detained by junta troops and former photojournalist Ko Zaw Zaw was sentenced to three years in prison on August 20 and 24 respectively, amid rising attacks on media workers in Myanmar. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the military’s crackdown on press freedom and freedom of expression and calls for the immediate release of all detained journalists and media workers.
According to City-Dawna PDF, a hundred-household administrator was shot dead at the ward administration office on Mahlwa Gone Street, Kyauk Myaung ward in Tamwe Township, Yangon region on 8 August at around 3 p.m.