Former political prisoner #ToruKubota 's interview with TRTWorld on his ordeals at the notorious Insein prison after he was arrested & jailed by the #Myanmar military junta

https://twitter.com/The_Newsmakers/status/1595440932463091713?t=dOR8uFdBQZ4RtNz4bf3NoA&s=19

#Myanmar military junta released 6000 prisoners today including former UK Ambassador #VickyBowman, Australian economist #SeanTurnell & Japanese filmmaker #ToruKubota. #NationalUnityGovernment #NUG says “…hostage tactics by the junta should not fool the international community into believing that the military has changed its colors…" | #NikkeiAsia‬⁩ https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myanmar-Crisis/Myanmar-releases-ex-UK-envoy-Aussie-economist-Japan-filmmaker

Japanese documentary filmmaker
#ToruKubota is convicted in an Insein Prison court of incitement and engaging in acts that the military deemed as threatening to state security
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #FreeToruKubota
#JournalismIsNotACrime #PressFreedom
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-junta-court-sentences-japanese-filmmaker-to-7-years-in-prison