Myanmar's top court to hear Reuters reporters' appeal in official secrets case Follow updates on the case:
NAYPYITAW - Myanmar’s Supreme Court was scheduled on Tuesday to hear the appeal of two Reuters journalists imprisoned for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, in a case that has raised questions about Myanmar’s progress towards democracy.
A judge found the two guilty under the Official Secrets Act last September and sentenced them to seven years in prison. Suu Kyi said in September, the week after their conviction, that the reporters’ case had nothing to do with press freedom as the men had been jailed for handling official secrets, not because they were journalists.
“They are honest, admirable journalists who did not break the law, and they should be freed as a matter of urgency.”
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