British Activist Gets 7-Year Prison Term
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A British activist was sentenced to seven years in prison for protesting Myanmar’s military regime by chaining herself to a lamppost and shouting pro-democracy slogans. Prosecution witnesses, including police and a passerby, said about 1,000 people gathered to watch Rachel Goldwyn’s protest in downtown Yangon, the capital, on Sept. 7. Goldwyn, 28, of London, received the maximum possible sentence on the charge of committing actions likely to cause public unrest.
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