Sentenced to 10 years for violating sedition and communications laws, Toru Kubota was released in a mass amnesty this month.
A photo of Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota, who was detained in Myanmar after filming a protest that took place on July 30 2022, is displayed during a news conference by his friends to call for his release at Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, in this photo taken on August 3 2022.
“It was horrible. I understood the concept of hell,” Toru Kubota told reporters in Tokyo, describing conditions in a police lock-up where he was first held after being detained at a protest in July. He was later transferred to Myanmar’s notorious colonial-era Insein jail where he was held in solitary confinement, he said.Sentenced to 10 years for violating sedition and communications laws, Kubota was released in a mass amnesty this month alongside a former British ambassador and an Australian economic adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Vicky Bowman, Britain’s ambassador from 2002-2006 who heads a group promoting ethical business in Myanmar, had been jailed for immigration violations.
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