Myanmar filmmaker gets life sentence for drone purchase, highlighting junta's digital repression

Originally published by Reporters Without Borders on 2024-01-12.

Shin Daewe, 50, was arrested and searched by soldiers on 15 October in a bus station in Yangon, while picking up a video drone she had ordered online to use in filming a documentary. During her detention, she was interrogated and allegedly subjected to torture, according to her husband, who…

Read the full article on Reporters Without Borders →