and no information has been made publicly available regarding its mandate, procedures, or activities. (6) On December 12, 2017, Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested and charged with violating the Official Secrets Act, continuing a trend of restricting media and free speech and attempting to thwart coverage of the events in Rakhine State. (7) On September 3, 2018, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison. Time Magazine included pictures of the two reporters on the cover of its Person of the Year issue on December 10, 2018, as two of the Guardians and the War on Truth . (8) According to Burmese free speech organization Athan, 44 journalists and 142 activists since 2016 were charged with colonial-era laws used to stifle dissent and restrict activist groups and have faced trial. (9) Since December 2018, three Kachin activists were sentenced to six months in prison in connection with peaceful antiwar protests