Photojournalist Jailed over Facebook Post Denouncing Myanmar Junta
Ex-Irrawaddy photojournalist Ko Zaw Zaw was sentenced to three years in prison for incitement.
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Ex-Irrawaddy photojournalist Ko Zaw Zaw was sentenced to three years in prison for incitement.
On 20 August the junta authorities detained seven teachers from Mandalay's Yadanabon University who had joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), according to a Mandalay Urban Guerrilla Forces statement.
Anti-regime prisoners held at Mandalay’s Obo Prison have been refusing food in protest at the executions of four pro-democracy activists.
On the 72nd Karen Martyrs’ Day, the NUG sent a statement that they would join hands with Karen ethnic armed organizations and work for a union with federal democracy.
Hunger strikes have begun in Obo Prison, Mandalay, to honor the four executed pro-democracy activists.