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U.N. and U.K. urge Myanmar to free Reuters reporters 'immediately'
New U.N. rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Monday she was "shocked" by Myanmar's jailing of two Reuters journalists for seven years and called for their immediate release. "I was shocked," the former Chilean president told reporters on her first day as U.N. High Commissioner for ...
Reuters reporters who exposed Myanmar military abuses are jailed for seven years
In a landmark case seen as a test of progress toward democracy in the Southeast Asian country, a Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state "secrets," sentencing them to seven years in prison. Yangon Northern District Judge ...
In apparent test of Myanmar democracy, jailed Reuters journalists to testify in court
Two jailed Reuters reporters on trial in Myanmar accused of obtaining secret state documents will testify in court from Monday, in a case that is seen as a test of press freedom in the fledgling democracy. Journalists Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, ...
Myanmar court set to rule on whether detained Reuters pair should be tried under secrets act
A Myanmar court will rule on Monday on whether to charge two Reuters reporters accused of obtaining secret documents, a decision that could either see them freed after nearly seven months in jail or move the landmark press freedom case to trial. The court in ...
Witness says Myanmar police searched Reuters pair's phones without warrant
Police in Myanmar examined the mobile phones of two Reuters reporters accused of possessing secret documents without a search warrant after their arrests in December, an officer told a court on Monday, in what has become a landmark press freedom case. Prosecution witness Maj. Aung ...
Three-quarters of Japan’s companies have made no changes to sexual harassment policies in the past year and don’t plan to do so, a poll finds.
New York Times, New Yorker win Pulitzer for #MeToo watershed
The New York Times and The New Yorker won the Pulitzer Prize for public service on Monday for explosive reporting that brought down Harvey Weinstein and spawned a cultural watershed on the issue of sexual harassment. The prestigious prize was awarded to the Times team ...
Myanmar court refuses to dismiss charges against detained Reuters journalists
A Myanmar court on Wednesday refused to dismiss a case against two detained Reuters journalists, whose lawyers have insisted the prosecution's evidence doesn't support the charges. "The judge said that eight more witnesses are still left to testify, and our claims of baseless evidence from ...
Myanmar police witness testifies arrested Reuters reporter's home was searched 'for news'
Police in Myanmar searched the family home of Reuters reporter Wa Lone looking for material "related to news" the night after he and a colleague were arrested on suspicion of violating the Official Secrets Act, an officer told a court on Wednesday. Myanmar has previously ...
In Suu Kyi talks, U.K. envoy Boris Johnson urges 'independent' probe of violence against Rohingya
Britain's foreign minister, Boris Johnson, stopped off in Myanmar on Sunday to press Aung San Suu Kyi on the need for an independent probe into violence in Rakhine state, as the country faces mounting pressure to punish troops accused of atrocities against the Muslim ...
Gravediggers say Myanmar forces and Buddhist villagers executed Rohingya after torching their homes
Bound together, the 10 Rohingya captives watched their Buddhist neighbors dig a grave. Soon afterward, on the morning of Sept. 2, all 10 lay dead. At least two were hacked to death by Buddhist villagers. The rest were shot by soldiers, two of the ...
Myanmar mum on whereabouts of Reuters journalists week after their arrest
Two Reuters journalists completed a week in detention in Myanmar on Tuesday, with no word on where they were being held as authorities proceeded with an investigation into whether they violated the country's colonial-era Official Secrets Act. Journalists Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, ...
