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Kyaw Ko Ko, “Myanmar editor faces terror charges over interview with AA,” Myanmar Times, March 31, 2020,
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“Myanmar frees journalist who was charged under terrorism law,” The Straits Times, April 10, 2020, https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/seasia/myanmar-frees-journalist-who-was-charged-under-terrorism-law.
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394
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397 ၂၀၁၉ ခ42 Eစ်လွ တ်လပ်စွ◌ွ◌ာထ4 တ်ဖ ◌ွ◌ာ◌်ဖ ပွာဆ ◌4ခွင ◌်အဖ ခအေဖ
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[Freedom of expression cases in 2019],” Athan, February 27, 2020,
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zy1jQEUMtxf_WOskQe1DgLd6C40-xkcJ/view?fbclid=IwAR2d9eWMr-R5wbJgfaLPifXUj66InG25mNRiFB_nUPNDAGv3J-NQBibkzs.
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Khin Myat Myat Wai, “Athan: 250 people face charges for social media posts,” Myanmar Times, September 4, 2019,
https://www.mmtimes.com/news/athan-250-people-face-charges-social-media-posts.html.
399 ၂၀၁၉ ခ42 Eစ်လွ တ်လပ်စွ◌ွ◌ာထ4 တ်ဖ ◌ွ◌ာ◌်ဖ ပွာဆ ◌4ခွင ◌်အဖ ခအေဖ
“
[Freedom of expression cases in 2019],” Athan, February 27, 2020,
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zy1jQEUMtxf_WOskQe1DgLd6C40-xkcJ/view?fbclid=IwAR2d9eWMr-R5wbJgfaLPifXUj66InG25mNRiFB_nUPNDAGv3J-NQBibkzs. Also see Htike Nanda Win, “Report: Most complaints under Section 66(d) made by
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Htun Khaing, “Prominent reporter refuses to apologise after Ma Ba Tha files defamation suit,” Frontier, March 8, 2017,
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406
Sean Gleeson, “Myanmar Now editor Ko Swe Win arrested at Yangon Airport,” Frontier, July 30, 2017, https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmarnow-editor-ko-swe-win-arrested-at-yangon-airport.
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408
“Myanmar journalist jailed for two years for reporting Covid-19 death,” Reporters Without Borders, May 22, 2020,
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409
He has since been released. “Myanmar: Release jailed filmmaker second update,” Amnesty International, May 18, 2020,
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/myanmar-release-jailed-filmmaker-second-update.
410
Myat Thura, “Myanmar legislators seek amendment to stop privacy law abuse,” Myanmar Times, February 20, 2020,
https://www.mmtimes.com/news/myanmar-legislators-seek-amendment-stop-privacy-law-abuse.html.
411
Phyo Thiha Cho, “Karenni Activists Get 6 months for insulting dignity of state officials in Aung San statue protest,” Myanmar Now, November 13,
2019, https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/karenni-activists-get-6-months-for-insulting-dignity-of-state-officials-in-aung-san-statue.
412
Kyaw Ye Lynn, “Interview, terminated: A bridge too far for Mon State chief minister,” Frontier, March 4, 2019,
https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/interview-terminated-a-bridge-too-far-for-mon-state-chief-minister.
413
“Burma: Privacy Law Used to Prosecute Critics,” Human Rights Watch, January 12, 2018, https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/01/12/burma-privacylaw-used-prosecute-critics.
414
Kyaw Ko Ko, “Myanmar editor faces terror charges over interview with AA,” Myanmar Times, March 31, 2020,
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“Myanmar frees journalist who was charged under terrorism law,” The Straits Times, April 10, 2020, https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/seasia/myanmar-frees-journalist-who-was-charged-under-terrorism-law.
416
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417
“Myanmar Supreme Court agrees to rule on journalists’ appeal,” AP News, March 26, 2019,
https://www.apnews.com/f33926c7deeb4dc487c5013ea2163bc8.
418
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419
“Former columnist jailed for 'abusive' Facebook posts on Aung San Suu Kyi,” France 24, September 19, 2018,
https://www.france24.com/en/20180919-myanmar-facebook-posts-columnist-aung-san-suu-kyi.
420
Aung Kyaw Nyunt, “SIM card registration to be enforced in 2017,” Myanmar Times, August 3, 2016,
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Aung Kyaw Nyunt, “SIM card registration to be enforced in 2017,” Myanmar Times, August 3, 2016,
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