Reuters' Myanmar Journalists Lose Appeal

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''Two Reuters journalists in Myanmar lost their appeal Friday against their conviction and seven-year jail sentences. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in December 2017 for violating Myanmar's Official Secrets Act. The judge who upheld the conviction said the journalists' lawyers did not provide sufficient evidence to prove their innocence. "It was a suitable punishment," High Court Judge Aung Naing said of the sentence. The men say they were arrested in a setup by police intended to inhibit reporting on a massacre of Rohingya, a minority Muslim group...''

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VOA

Date of Publication: 

2019-01-11

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2019-01-15

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  • Individual Documents

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    • Myanmar

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Myanmar

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English

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text

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    • Good