Amal Clooney appeals to Suu Kyi for release of reporters’ imprisoned in Myanmar

• Sarwar Alam
• 29 September, 2018

By: Sarwar Alam

Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney appealed to Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday over a pardon for two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar, saying the Nobel laureate held the key to their release. The two fathers, accused of breaching Myanmar’s state secrets law while reporting on a massacre of Rohingya Muslims, were jailed for seven years earlier this month, fueling international outrage. Clooney said the journalists’ families had already submitted a request for their pardon, adding that the president can grant a pardon following consultation with Suu Kyi. “The government can, if it wants to, end it today,” the…

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