myanmar journalists
Britain ‘very worried’ about journalists jailed in Myanmar, raises due process concerns
Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar on charges of breaking the country’s Official Secrets Act are innocent, according to the British government. Continue reading
Myanmar journalists and youth activists protest jailing of Reuters reporters
Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were convicted on Sept. 3 under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act in a case that was seen as a test of democratic freedoms in Myanmar. Continue reading
U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence calls for release of journalists imprisoned in Myanmar
The journalists had reported about the army’s brutal counterinsurgency campaign that drove 700,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh. Continue reading