Analysis: Current Landscape of Hate Speech in Myanmar vestigative documentation of the massacre included photographic evidence of the victims before they were executed and the mass grave where their bodies were left.262 Even though the pair were simply doing their job as journalists, local journalists whom Fron- tier Myanmar interviewed believed that the two deserved their fate because they “should have been ‘loyal’ to their country” rather than publishing details that could damage its reputation.263 Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo are not alone, as many other journalists have also faced similar threats and prosecutions.264 Figure 11. Photos of HRDs arrested at the Tarmwe peace rally shared on Facebook accompanied a post reading, “13-5-2018, yesterday in Yangon (Tarmwe), she was paid [by foreigners] to protest. Not because ..... She is to tarnish our race. Look at her. . . There are many in Myanmar who change to winning side. Her account name is Khin Sandar.” 262 263 264 Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo, Simon Lewis, and Antoni Slodkowski, “Massacre in Myanmar: A Reuters Special Report,” Reuters, February 8, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/myanmar-rakhine-events/. Su Myat Mon and Kya Ye Lynn, “In Facebook’s reverse reality, journalists are called traitors,” Frontier Myanmar (December 27, 2018), https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/in-facebooks-reverse-reality-journalists-are-called-traitors. See, e.g., Yasmeen Serhan, “A False Dawn for Journalists in Southeast Asia,” The Atlantic, May 7, 2019, https://www. theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/05/myanmar-reuters-imprisoning-journalists-asia/588925/. 49