UN Secretary-General calls on Myanmar to pardon and release imprisoned Reuters reporters
The world’s top diplomat has called on Myanmar to pardon and release two Reuters reporters who were sentenced to seven…
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Newspapers warn jailing of Reuters reporters in Myanmar ‘should concern every journalist and media organisation’
The jailing of two Reuters reporters for “doing their jobs” and reporting on the massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar…
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Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in Myanmar jail for ‘doing their jobs’ signals ‘new low for press freedom’
A Burma court has sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison for illegal possession of official documents while reporting…
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Verdict adjourned in Official Secrets Act case against two Reuters reporters in Myanmar after judge taken ill
A judge in Burma has adjourned the verdict against two Reuters journalists accused of illegally possessing official documents. The case…
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Reuters journalist on trial in Myanmar rejected police offer not to publish Rohingya massacre story in arrest negotiation, court hears
One of two Reuters journalists detained in Myanmar for eight months said he rejected an offer to negotiate their arrest…
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Reuters said it is “deeply disappointed” that two of its reporters have been charged under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act…
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Charging two journalists held over Rohingya massacre reporting would ‘seriously undermine’ free speech in Myanmar, says Reuters editor
The editor-in-chief of Reuters has said it would “seriously undermine Myanmar’s constitutional guarantee of free speech” if two of the…
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Almost nine in ten executives want Google and Facebook to do more to tackle ‘fake news’, Reuters study reveals
Almost nine in ten global executives (87 per cent) think Google and Facebook have a responsibility to do more to…
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