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A Burmese court has handed down a 20-year jail term to a video journalist who worked with exiled media, rights groups say, as the ruling junta continues its crackdown on dissent.
Freelance reporter Hla Hla Win, 25, was arrested in September after visiting a Buddhist monastery in the town of Pakokku, Paris-based Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association said in a joint statement.
Hla Hla Win was sentenced by a court in Pakokku on December 31 for an alleged violation of the country's Electronics Act, the groups said on Wednesday.
A woman accompanying her was sentenced to 26 years in jail, they added.
And there's supposed to be elections some time this year. Wonder how they'll turn out?
This post has been edited by Uncle Gweilo: 06 January 2010 - 11:08 PM
