Myanmar jails Reuters reporters who uncovered military atrocity
Reporting the news isn’t illegal, unless you’re in Myanmar. The Southeast Asian country this week sentenced two reporters from Reuters to seven years in jail in response to an investigative report that uncovered atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims by the army.
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, the two Reutersstaffers, have been in custody since December. They were arrested for possession of official government documents which had been given to them by a member of the police for
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