A Myanmar court sentenced a local journalist on Friday to 15 days in prison or pay a 10,000-kyat (U.S. $7.70) fine for participating in a public prayer event for persecuted reporters last November, RFA reported on 18 December.
A court in Kyauktada Township in Yangon handed down the sentence to Shwe Hmone, senior reporter at the Thamaga News Journal, who was charged under Article 19 of the Peaceful Assembly Law for protesting without a permit.
Shwe Hmone and dozens of other activists prayed for the release of fellow reporters at the Sule pagoda in the city centre on Nov. 2, 2014, to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the report said.