RSF deplores excessive jail term for Myanmar columnist
(WorldNews France)

Ngar Min Swe was found guilty of sedition on 18 July by a Yangon court for `writing abusive posts on Facebook against State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, making people get the wrong impression of her`, in the words of the court spokesman. Ngar Min Swe, who used to write for the pro-government newspaper Global New Light of Myanmar, was arrested on 12 July, after posting a comment on Facebook that day criticising a kiss on the cheek received by Aung San Suu Kyi from Barack Obama during a visit to...