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Winner of the
Kenji Nagai Memorial Prize Background Ms. Eint Khaing Oo was arrested on June 2008 while covering a peaceful rally carried out by victims of the cyclone Nargis that left more than 138,000 people death or missing.
Eint Khaing Oo 24-year-old Burmese female journalist a law graduate working for Eco-vision Weekly Journal sentenced to two years in prison Charges and Sentence Section 505(b)
Section 124(a)
Sentence
"statements conducting to public mischief ... which is likely to cause fear or alarm to the public"
"conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of the state"
" two-year imprisonment with hard labor"
… nominated by the Burma Media Association
A group of cyclone victims, mostly from South Dagon Township, were on their way to seek aid from Rangoon-based international NGOs as they were receiving inadequate aid and assistance from the government. Ms. Eint Khaing Oo was arrested along with some cyclone victims. The police accused her of taking photographs of victims with the intention of selling these to foreign-based Burmese media organizations. She was charged under Section 505(b) and 124(a) of the Criminal Code. A twoyear sentence was handed down on 14 November by a Rangoon court at the end of a trial held behind closed doors with no defense lawyer.
Winner of the
Kenji Nagai Memorial Prize Background Ms. Eint Khaing Oo was arrested on June 2008 while covering a peaceful rally carried out by victims of the cyclone Nargis that left more than 138,000 people death or missing.
Eint Khaing Oo 24-year-old Burmese female journalist a law graduate working for Eco-vision Weekly Journal sentenced to two years in prison Charges and Sentence Section 505(b)
Section 124(a)
Sentence
"statements conducting to public mischief ... which is likely to cause fear or alarm to the public"
"conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of the state"
" two-year imprisonment with hard labor"
… nominated by the Burma Media Association
A group of cyclone victims, mostly from South Dagon Township, were on their way to seek aid from Rangoon-based international NGOs as they were receiving inadequate aid and assistance from the government. Ms. Eint Khaing Oo was arrested along with some cyclone victims. The police accused her of taking photographs of victims with the intention of selling these to foreign-based Burmese media organizations. She was charged under Section 505(b) and 124(a) of the Criminal Code. A twoyear sentence was handed down on 14 November by a Rangoon court at the end of a trial held behind closed doors with no defense lawyer.
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