Myanmar junta charges five journalists over coup coverage

A Myanmar court formally charged five journalists on Friday, including a photographer from Associated Press (AP), over their coverage of anti-coup protests, after a week in which the military junta raided newsrooms and revoked media licences. The country has been in uproar since a February 1 putsch that deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power, triggering a mass uprising that has brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets to demand a return to democracy.