Yangon, Myanmar – A court in Yangon on Thursday sentenced a Myanmar journalist to three years’ labor in a move that a lawyer says is politically motivated.
The journalist, Htet Htet Khine, worked for BBC Media Action. She has been detained in Insein prison since her arrest in August 2021.
A court in the Bahan Township in Yangon convicted the journalist of incitement under Section 505(a) of the Myanmar penal