2 Myanmar journos jailed; EU to impose new curbs on junta

A military court in

Myanmar

has sentenced two journalists to two years in prison for their

reporting

, a move that has been decried by rights groups as the latest assault on the free press since the country’s coup.

Aung Kyaw, 31, a reporter for

Democratic Voice of Burma

, and Zaw Zaw, 38, a freelance reporter for online agency Mizzima, were convicted on Wednesday for “spreading misinformation that could incite unrest”.

Meanwhile, the

EU

said it is planning to impose a new round of curbs on the

junta

and its companies