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– Burma's courts must not help military to persecute journalists (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News June 23, 2017

RSF calls for the release of Kyaw Min Swe, the editor of The Voice Daily, who is being held under Burma's 2013 Telecommunications Law as a result of a complaint by the military about a satirical article, and again urges the authorities to amend the law without delay.
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