Myanmar’s top court has rejected a last-chance appeal from two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in prison, but the news agency has vowed to continue fighting for their release.

Wa Lone (pictured, left) and Kyaw Soe Oo (pictured, right) were convicted last year of breaching the Official Secrets Act by possessing government papers while investigating the killings of Rohingya Muslims.

An earlier appeal against the conviction, which they say was the result of a police set-up, was rejected at the High Court in Yangon in January.