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US says Myanmar resorting to police-state tactics

By Washington Examiner
Published July 17, 2014 7:16am ET
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US says Myanmar resorting to police-state tactics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department’s top human rights official has accused Myanmar authorities of resorting to police-state tactics after five journalists got 10 years at hard labor for a disputed story about a weapons factory. Assistant Secretary of State Tom Malinowski’s comments, in an Associated Press interview Wednesday, are the stiffest U.S. criticism yet […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department’s top human rights official has accused Myanmar authorities of resorting to police-state tactics after five journalists got 10 years at hard labor for a disputed story about a weapons factory.

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