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Suu Kyi predicted Reuters verdict based on ‘her own facts’: NLD spokesman
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi knew that two Reuters reporters accused of possessing state secrets would be found guilty months before Monday’s verdict because she had...
Myanmar judge sentences Reuters reporters to 7 years with hard labor for possessing ‘secret documents’
A Yangon judge has sentenced two Reuters reporters to seven years each with hard labor for violating Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act, sparking international condemnation of...
Reuters reporters’ lawyers prepare for the worst after verdict delayed
Minutes after two Reuters reporters arrived at Yangon’s Insein Township courthouse this morning to hear a judge’s ruling on whether they are guilty of violating Myanmar’s...
Wa Lone’s testimony unravels ‘secret documents’ accusation
For two weeks in December, Yangon police placed hoods over the heads of Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo while transporting them to a secret facility notorious for its...
Judge in Reuters case rejects evidence of police setup
Reuters reporter Wa Lone testified for the first time yesterday in the case being brought against him and fellow reporter Kyaw Soe Oo for allegedly violating Myanmar’s Official...
Myanmar judge charges Reuters reporters under Official Secrets Act
After six months of preliminary hearings, a court in Myanmar has charged Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, the two jailed Reuters reporters, with obtaining secret state documents. Yangon...
From the killing field to the courthouse: The unexplored story of Captain Moe Yan Naing
Police Captain Moe Yan Naing has been hailed as a hero for exposing the police plot to trap Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. What few have talked about – what...
Myanmar judge upholds testimony of jailed whistleblowing cop
The judge in the ongoing case against Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo decided today to accept the testimony of a police officer who said the arrest of the two reporters...
Myanmar judge rejects motion to free Reuters reporters, despite flawed case
A Myanmar judge today rejected a request to dismiss the case against Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who are on trial for having allegedly possessed secret government...
Reuters journalists clock up 100 days in jail in Myanmar
Two Reuters journalists reached their 100th day in detention in Myanmar on Wednesday as pre-trial hearings drag on over charges under the Official Secrets Act in a case that has...
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