Myanmar junta metes out long prison terms for small donations to its opponents — Radio Free Asia

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A photo montage shows the nine young anti-junta protesters arrested by the junta in Mandalay, Myanmar, Apr. 4, 2022. Credit: Citizen journalists

At least seven young Myanmar men and women from Tanintharyi region and Rakhine state have received long prison terms for donating money — U.S. $8 or less in a few cases — to opponents of the military junta that has ruled the country for 13 months, their lawyers and anti-junta activists told RFA. Military authorities

Uyghurs jailed for religious ‘crimes’ believed to be in Xinjiang women’s prison — Radio Free Asia

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Detained Uyghur brothers Musajan Memet (L) and Mehmut Memet (R) in undated photos. Photos courtesy of an RFA listener

2 female members of a prolonged Muslim Uyghur family serving long jail sentences for committing spiritual “crimes” are believed to be kept in a ladiess jail in the town of Sanji (in Chinese, Changji) in Chinas far-western Xinjiang region. Furthermore, two male members of an in-law and the family are likewise serving life terms, the

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