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Burma: 7 Soldiers Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Killing Rohingya in Inn Din

HeadlineApr 11, 2018

In Burma, seven soldiers have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for participating in the massacre of Rohingya Muslims in the village of Inn Din in western Rakhine State. The bodies of 10 Rohingya men were discovered in a mass grave there last September. The massacre was uncovered by Reuters investigative journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who are also imprisoned, facing up to 14 years in jail under Burma’s Official Secrets Act. This morning, a court in Yangon refused to dismiss the case against the two journalists, and their petition for bail was denied.

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