Local reports indicate at least nine journalists were released this week in a junta amnesty to mark Myanmar Independence Day but at least 50 journalists remain incarcerated.
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Lwen Ann Phawn, a former reporter from Shwe Phi Myay News Agency (SPM) has been sentenced to two years in prison, and Mai Aung Thet Oo, a Ta'ang Students and Youth Union (TSYU) staff member, has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Lashio township prison court in Lashio, Shan State on 6 April.
Lwen Ann Phawn, a former reporter from Shwe Phi Myay News Agency (SPM) has been sentenced to two years in prison, and Mai Aung Thet Oo, a Ta'ang Students and Youth Union (TSYU) staff member, has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Lashio township prison court in Lashio, Shan State on 6 April.