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Myanmar journos demonstrate against jailing of Reuters reporters

September 17, 2018 00:00:00


Myanmar press freedom advocates and youth activists holding a demonstration demanding the freedom of two jailed Reuters journalists in Yangon, Myanmar on Sunday — Reuters

YANGON, Sept 16 (Reuters): At least 100 Myanmar youth activists and journalists called for the release of two jailed Reuters journalists on Sunday, warning that the seven-year prison terms handed to the pair this month threaten the public's right to information.

Demonstrators including high-school students gathered peacefully in the heart of Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, held signs and chanted slogans denouncing the guilty verdict against the two journalists.


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