YANGON, Myanmar — Thein Zaw, a journalist for The Associated Press who was arrested more than three weeks ago while covering a protest against the coup in Myanmar, was released from detention on Wednesday. He told the AP that his mother told him through tears: “We thought we’d never see you again.” Thein Zaw had earlier said that the judge …
YANGON, Myanmar — A video of the arrest of Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw as he was photographing Myanmar security forces charging at anti-coup protesters shows him being quickly surrounded and held in a chokehold as handcuffs are placed on him. The video starts with Thein Zaw standing by the side of a road on Saturday photographing dozens of security …
