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Published: 03 Jun 2021 12:39 PM BdST
Updated: 03 Jun 2021 12:39 PM BdST Myanmar protesters residing in Japan hold a rally outside the stadium before the FIFA World Cup Asia Qualifiers soccer match Japan v Myanmar at Fukuda Denshi Arena in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan May 28, 2021. REUTERS
A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday jailed two journalists for incitement and spreading false news, their organisations said, part of an ongoing crackdown that a top US official called an attack on freedom of expression. );
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A military court in southern Myeik sentenced Aung Kyaw of the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) and Zaw Zaw, a freelance reporter for Mizzima, to two years in prison over their reporting of anti-junta protests, Mizzima and DVB said.