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TWO journalists have been jailed for two years in Myanmar for reporting on protests against the army junta.
Aung Kyaw, 31, a reporter for the Democratic Voice of Burma, and Zaw Zaw, 38, a freelance reporter for the online news agency Mizzima, were convicted Wednesday by the court in Myeik, a city in southern Myanmar.
The two had been charged under a recently revised provision in the penal code with spreading misinformation that could “incite unrest.”
According to Myanmar’s Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, about 90 journalists have been arrested since February’s seizure of power by the military, with more than half still in detention, and 33 still in hiding.
The coup sparked massive civilian protests against military rule that have been met with a brutal crackdown that has left hundreds dead.
Mizzima said it “categorically opposes” Zaw Zaw’s sentence and called for his immediate release alongside that of another four of its journalists who are currently detained.
