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Disasters and accidents

2018 Japan floods
- The death toll from heavy rains in Japan rises to 104, with over 50 people still reported missing. (Japan Today)

Law and crime

Inn Din massacre§Arrest of Reuters journalists
- A court in Myanmar charges two Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents in violation of the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, taking the landmark press freedom case to trial after a period of preliminary hearings that lasted six months. The two journalists were investigating mass graves in the village of Inn Din in northern Rakhine State prior to their arrest and imprisonment on 12 December 2017. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

2017–18 Iranian protests, Human rights in Iran
- Iranian women post videos of themselves dancing to protest the arrest of Instagram blogger Maedeh Hojabri. (Time)

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 *[[2018 Japan floods]]
 **The death toll from heavy rains in [[Japan]] rises to 104, with over 50 people still reported missing. [https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/09/national/west-japan-downpours-flooding-far-leave-88-dead-50-missing/#.W0LyE3POM0M (''Japan Today'')]
+;Law and crime
+*[[Inn Din massacre#Arrest of Reuters journalists|Inn Din massacre§Arrest of Reuters journalists]]
+**A court in [[Myanmar]] charges two [[Reuters]] journalists with obtaining secret state documents in violation of the [[British rule in Burma|colonial-era]] ''Official Secrets Act'', taking the landmark press freedom case to trial after a period of preliminary hearings that lasted six months. The two journalists were investigating mass graves in the village of [[Inn Din]] in northern [[Rakhine State]] prior to their arrest and imprisonment on 12 December 2017. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-journalists-ruling/myanmar-court-presses-secrets-act-charges-against-reuters-reporters-idUSKBN1JZ095 (Reuters)]
 ;Politics and elections

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