Two Student Protesters in Myanmar’s Rakhine State Sentenced to Year in Prison

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Two Student Protesters in Myanmar’s Rakhine State Sentenced to Year in Prison

A court in Myanmar’s Rakhine state sentenced two anti-war student protesters to a year in jail on Wednesday, hurrying them from the courtroom before family members could see them or hear the court’s verdict, sources said on Thursday.Kyaw Ye Thu, president of the Student Union of Pyay University, and Htet Aung, vice president of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABSFU), were convicted under Section 505(b) of Myanmar’s Penal Code and imm…