UK calls for ‘immediate’ release of Reuters reporters in Myanmar

UK calls for ‘immediate’ release of Reuters reporters in Myanmar - AFP

Posted on September 3, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

Britain called for the “immediate” release of two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar on Monday, saying the verdict had “undermined freedom of the media”. “We are extremely disappointed with this verdict and sentencing and we call for the journalists to be released immediately,” said a spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May. Wa Lone, 32, and

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Court sentences Reuters reporters to seven years in prison in Myanmar

Court sentences Reuters reporters to seven years in prison in Myanmar

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A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them for seven years, in a landmark case seen as a test of progress towards democracy in the Southeast Asian country. Yangon northern district judge, Ye Lwin, said Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28,

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