Myanmar rejects Reuters journalists' appeals

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''Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced to seven years in September in a case condemned around the world. They exposed the summary execution of 10 Muslim Rohingyas by the security forces during the military's anti-Rohingya operation in 2017. But the judge called their terms "suitable punishment" and said the defence had not proved their innocence. Both were arrested carrying official documents handed to them by police officers. They maintain their innocence, saying the authorities set them up. When arrested the two were investigating a mass execution of Rohingyas, hundreds of thousands of whom have been forced to flee destruction and persecution in the northern Rakhine province of Myanmar (also called Burma)...''

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BBC News

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2019-01-11

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2019-01-15

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    • Myanmar

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Myanmar

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English

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