Myanmar court rejects appeal of jailed Reuters reporters

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 03:37:50 +0000

Myanmar court rejects appeal of jailed Reuters reporters

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar – Myanmar’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the final appeal of two Reuters journalists and upheld seven-year prison sentences for their reporting on the military’s brutal crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.

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Myanmar leader pardons 9,500 prisoners but not 2 reporters

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:06:15 +0000

Myanmar leader pardons 9,500 prisoners but not 2 reporters

YANGON, Myanmar  — More than 9,500 prisoners were ordered released Wednesday in Myanmar under a presidential amnesty, but they did not include two Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters reporters.

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Jailed Reuters journalists in Myanmar win UN press freedom prize

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:25:07 +0000

The United Nations’ cultural agency said Wednesday that it had awarded its annual press freedom prize to two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar.

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Myanmar Reuters journalists lose appeal against 7-year sentence

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 07:47:27 +0000

A Myanmar judge dismissed an appeal Friday by two Reuters journalists jailed for seven years while investigating Rohingya atrocities.

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Myanmar rally urges release of ‘Person of Year’ journalists

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:16:37 +0000

Several dozen journalists and activists have held a rally in Myanmar’s biggest city to mark the anniversary of the arrest of two Reuters reporters.

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Myanmar postpones verdict for jailed Reuters reporters

Myanmar postpones verdict for jailed Reuters reporters

A Myanmar judge on Monday postponed the verdict against two Reuters journalists accused of illegally possessing official documents in a case that has drawn attention to the faltering state of press freedom in the troubled Southeast Asian nation.

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