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 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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