Myanmar court rejects appeal by jailed Reuters journalists

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''A court in Myanmar has rejected an appeal by two reporters of the Reuters news agency, sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the country's Official Secrets Act, in a case that rallied press freedom advocates. Lawyers for Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, had filed the appeal in November against their conviction, citing evidence of a police set-up and lack of proof of a crime. The appeal argued that the original trial was conducted in an "unjust manner" and had called for the reporters' immediate release. But High Court judge Aung Naing on Friday said the lawyers failed to submit enough evidence to prove the pair's innocence. He said "it was not acceptable" to say that the defendants had acted according to journalistic ethics...''

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Aljazeera

Date of Publication: 

2019-01-11

Date of entry: 

2019-01-15

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  • Individual Documents

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Geographic coverage: 

    • Myanmar

Countries: 

Myanmar

Language: 

English

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Resource Type: 

text

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    • Good