- Friday, April 26, 2024
By: Sarwar Alam
Lawyers for two Myanmar Reuters journalists filed an appeal on Monday (5) against their seven-year jail sentence linked to their reporting on the Rohingya crisis, the news agency said. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were found guilty under a state secrets act in September after exposing the extrajudicial killing of 10 Rohingya men during a brutal military crackdown last year. The verdict — following what was widely viewed as a sham trial held to intimidate Myanmar’s nascent community of journalists — sparked widespread condemnation. Detained Myanmar journalist Wa Lone (C) arrives at a court for his trial…
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