1 march, 11 sentences for Myanmar rights activist

Published September 11, 2014 8:34am ET



YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — By marching through the traffic-choked streets of Myanmar’s busiest city, handing out leaflets that lambasted the new nominally civilian government, Htin Kyaw showed how much the country has changed since emerging from military rule. With charges filed in all 12 townships he wound through on his way to Yangon City Hall, he has become a symbol of how has much stayed the same.

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