Bangkok (AFP) – An American journalist jailed for 11 years by Myanmar’s junta is humble, positive and inspired by George Orwell’s writings against authoritarianism, his colleague told AFP, as he faces a second trial for sedition and terrorism. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s government in February and launched a bloody crackdown that has killed more than 1,200 people, according to a local monitoring group, and also ensnared the media. The junta’s war on dissent has seen Myanmar overtake Saudi Arabia and North Korea in jailing journalists — since Februa…

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