Myanmar court to hear Reuters reporters’ appeal on Dec 24
On September 3, a court in Yangon declared the journalists guilty and sentenced them to seven years each in prison
On September 3, a court in Yangon declared the journalists guilty and sentenced them to seven years each in prison
The seven-year jail sentence awarded to two Reuters journalists ~ Wa Lone (32) and Kyaw Soe Oo (28) ~ for covering the state-sponsored massacre of Rohingyas, most particularly the killing of ten Rohingyas by soldiers and Buddhist villagers at Inn Din in the state of Rakhine, signifies a travesty of justice and an unabashedly severe blow to the certitudes of press freedom.
Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, who have been held in Yangon's Insein prison since their arrest in December, were charged with violating the Official Secrets Act, a draconian British colonial-era law which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years.
Two independent UN human rights experts on Thursday called on Myanmar to release two Reuters reporters who were arrested while…
