Reuters Journalists Charged with Violating Myanmar Law

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11 January 2018 10:55 WIB

Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo arrives at the court in Yangon, Myanmar January 10, 2018. Prosecutors in Myanmar formally charged two journalists from the Reuters news agency on Wednesday with violating the Official Secrets Act, signaling the case will go forward despite international condemnation. REUTERS

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Reuters journalist Wa Lone arrives at the court in Yangon, Myanmar January 10, 2018. Myanmar prosecutors sought charges on Wednesday against two Reuters reporters under the Official Secrets Act, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 14 years, the reporters' lawyer said. REUTERS

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Reuters journalists Kyaw Soe Oo (R) and Wa Lone (L) appear in court in Yangon, Myanmar January 10, 2018. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested Dec. 12 after police accused them of violating the colonial-era law by acquiring "important secret papers" from two policemen. The police officers had worked in Rakhine state, where security forces are blamed for rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims that sparked the exodus of some 650,000 people to Bangladesh. REUTERS

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Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo waves to his daughter as he arrives at the court in Yangon, Myanmar January 10, 2018. The two had worked on Reuters coverage of a crisis in the western state of Rakhine, where - according to U.N. estimates - about 655,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from a fierce military crackdown on militants. REUTERS

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Chit Su Win, wife of Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo, and her daughter wait before the two Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo appear in court in Yangon, Myanmar, January 10, 2018. They arrested us and took action against us because we were trying to reveal the truth," Wa Lone told reporters as he and Kyaw Soe Oo were led out of the court and back to Yangon's Insein prison after the 30-minute hearing. REUTERS

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Journalists take part in a protest outside the court where Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo attend a hearing in Yangon, Myanmar January 10, 2018. Dozens of journalists wearing black waited outside the court Wednesday to protest the arrest of their colleagues, who were led into the court smiling and giving the thumbs up sign despite heavy handcuffs on their wrists. REUTERS

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