Reuters Journalists Jailed

• Myanmar frees 2 Reuters journalists amid news that over 6,500 prisoners will be released: witnesses

  Myanmar has a custom of freeing prisoners around the time of the traditional New Year, which began on April 17.

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  May 6, 2019
  
• 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.

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  Dec 21, 2018
  
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• Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel laureate and honourary Canadian, slammed after Myanmar imprisons journalists

  Suu Kyi is being pilloried by diplomats and human rights activists after a judge in Myanmar sentenced two Reuters journalists to jail for seven years. 

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  Sep 3, 2018
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• Myanmar sentences Reuters journalists to 7 years in jail

  A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them for seven years.

  World

  Sep 3, 2018