Myanmar court convicts journalist injured by army on second charge, extending jail term to 13 years


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A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted a 34-year-old journalist of violating the country’s counter-terrorism law, adding 10 years to the three-year prison sentence she was given last December for filming an anti-military protest in which she was injured by a speeding army vehicle, according to her lawyer and a family member. Open this photo in gallery: Journalist Hmue Yadanar Khet Moh Moh Tun in Yangon, Myanmar, in January, 2021.The Associated Press The conviction of Hmue Yadanar Khet Moh Moh Tun, a video journalist for the online Myanmar Pressphoto Agency, is the latest move against press freedom by the country’s...