Court in Ayeyarwady region sentences 56 Rohingya to 2 years in prison

RFA

Radio Free Asia
RFA Burmese
2022.09.08

The group, including three children, was refused visits from locals offering food and assistance.

 Wakema township’s court in a photograph taken in Jan. 2021.Citizen journalist

A court in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region has sentenced 56 ethnic Rohingya to two years in prison.

They were arrested on Aug. 21 in Wakema township and the sentences were handed down by the township’s court on Tuesday under Section 6 (3) of the Residents Registration Act.

The group came from Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships in Rakhine State.

They decided to leave due to a lack of jobs in their townships and the hardships of living there.

Burma's top court rejects final appeal by jailed Reuters journalists

The Telegraph

By Nicola Smith 

23 April 2019 

 

 Journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone have spent more than 16 months in detention since they  were arrested in December 2017  Credit: AFP 

 

Burma’s top court on Tuesday rejected the final appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the Official Secrets Act while reporting on atrocities committed by the country’s army against Rohingya Muslims.

Prominent Myanmar Filmmaker Held in Jail For Facebook Post Criticizing Military.

RADIO FREE ASIA
2019-04-12

Myanmar filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi reports to the Insein township police station in northern Yangon, April 2, 2019. RFA

A Myanmar court on Friday denied bail for a renowned filmmaker and human rights activist sued by a government military officer for allegedly insulting and defaming the armed forces in a Facebook post, sending him to Yangon’s notorious Insein Prison until his next court appearance in late April, his attorney said.