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Freelance journalist. Previously Fellow, covering the Midwest and Myanmar, or Burma, whichever you prefer.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    14 Dec 2017

    When he wasn't reporting, detained journalist Wa Lone spent much of his free time writing children's books promoting tolerance and diversity. The group he co-founded, Third Story, has distributed over 182,000 books in Myanmar. Give it a look:

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  2. Retweeted
    11 hours ago

    Floods in the Indian state of Kerala highlighted a nationwide problem in India: the dangerous spread of disinformation on WhatsApp, reports

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    11 hours ago

    The floods in Kerala highlighted a nationwide problem in India: the dangerous spread of disinformation on Whatsapp, reports:

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    8 hours ago

    Another DARK DAY for Afghan media: Two journalists of Samim Faramarz and Ramiz Ahmadi were killed while covering the first blast occurred in west Kabul. Four more journalists were wounded. All are in stable condition.

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  5. Retweeted
    Sep 4

    Wa Lone & Kyaw Soe Oo's sentencing is not an isolated incident, to date 18 journalists are awaiting trial for upholding the right to freedom of expression. A majority are charged under Section 66 of the Telecommunications Law.

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  6. Sep 4

    “I saw the comments [on social media] blaming him for doing wrong. He was not wrong. I am proud of my husband. I married a reporter, and I’m not ashamed of it.”

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    Sep 4

    The mayor's announcement comes the day before the start of the murder trial of Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke. Here's some sharp analysis from just days ago on the mayor's decision.

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    Sep 4

    WMAQ: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unexpectedly announces that he will not be running for re-election

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  9. Sep 4

    Predictable yet disheartening silence from all the former journalists and poets and political prisoners who fill the ranks of the NLD.

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    Sep 3

    Imprisoned journalist Kyaw Soe Oo, captured by Zarni Phyo leaving court after being sentenced to seven years, on the cover of Wa Lone's former paper today. (Pic via )

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    Sep 3

    (Final Statement with updated endorsements list and contacts as of today) 83 organizations signed on demanding the release of and asking to ensure and .

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  12. Sep 3

    Imprisoned journalist Kyaw Soe Oo, captured by Zarni Phyo leaving court after being sentenced to seven years, on the cover of Wa Lone's former paper today. (Pic via )

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    Sep 3

    Calls grow for immediate release of 2 Reuters journalists jailed in . Listen to

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    Sep 3

    An on-duty Chicago police officer fatally shot himself this Labor Day on the Near West Side.

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  15. Retweeted
    Sep 2

    Four years ago, imprisoned journalist Wa Lone covered the case of journalists and an editor sentenced to 10 years in jail under the outdated Official Secrets Act. Today he was sentenced to 7 years, along with his colleague Kyaw Soe Oo, under the same law.

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    Sep 2

    Myanmar's president, Win Myint, was an MP four years ago. Back then, he had some harsh words on the govt's use of the Official Secrets Act to prosecute reporters. Today, a court used the same law to lock up two journalists for seven years. What will he say now?

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    Sep 2

    Wa Lone & Kyaw Soe Oo's reporting, and what has followed, has revealed something profound about Myanmar and the lengths it will go to to punish its citizens who refuse to stand by idly as their military commits crimes against a vulnerable minority

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  18. Sep 2

    Myanmar's president, Win Myint, was an MP four years ago. Back then, he had some harsh words on the govt's use of the Official Secrets Act to prosecute reporters. Today, a court used the same law to lock up two journalists for seven years. What will he say now?

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  19. Sep 2

    Four years ago, imprisoned journalist Wa Lone covered the case of journalists and an editor sentenced to 10 years in jail under the outdated Official Secrets Act. Today he was sentenced to 7 years, along with his colleague Kyaw Soe Oo, under the same law.

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  20. Sep 2

    Awful.

    Myanmar judge jails Reuters reporters for 7 years for breach of state secrets act
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  21. Sep 2

    Certainly hoping that this is the last day anyone needs to be posting this image. The trial of these journalists has done little more than further expose a broken policing and judicial system that continues to victimize the people of Myanmar.

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