Censorship in Myanmar and Kyaw Soe Oo of Reuters, were charged and jailed on December 12, 2017 by authorities near Rangoon for concealing 'secret papers' which violated a colonial era law. The two Reuters journalists had been covering the predominantly Muslim Rohingyas' exodus from the country due to persecution. On September 3, 2018, the journalists were both sentenced to seven years in prison sparking outrage among the international community. General: Censorship in Myanmar Censorship in Myanmar (also called Burma) results from government policies in controlling and regulating certain information, particularly on religious, ethnic, political, and moral grounds. Freedom of speech and the press
Capital punishment in the Soviet Union a deputy Minister of Fisheries, was executed in 1982 for smuggling millions of dollars worth of caviar to the West. The director of Gastronom 1, one of Moscow's most prominent gourmet food stores, was executed in 1984 for corruption. The chairman of Technopromexport was executed in 1984 for "systematically taking big bribes". Bella Borodkina, head of the restaurants and canteens department in Gelendzhik, was sentenced to death for receiving $758,500 in bribes. Capital punishment in the Soviet Union Capital punishment was a legal penalty in the Soviet Union for most of the country's existence. The legal justification of capital punishment