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Several countries, the United Nations and journalist groups are demanding the release of Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo from detention in Myanmar. The reporters were arrested on Dec. [1]

NAYPYITAW — Two Reuters journalists arrested last week were deliberately “set up,” according to National League for Democracy spokesperson U Win Htein, who added that he felt sorry for the pair. [2]

YANGON – A dozen Myanmar news organizations demanded the government immediately release two Reuters journalists who have been detained by police in Htauk Kyant since Tuesday after being found in possession of classified reports related to the conflic... [3]

YANGON — Legal experts, journalism professionals and human rights defenders have called for the outdated Official Secrets Act to be amended after the jailing of two reporters for possessing classified government materials prompted concerns that news ... [4]

LONDON—Facebook has removed a feature that allowed users to translate Burmese posts and comments after a Reuters report showed the tool was producing bizarre results. A Reuters investigation published on Aug. [5]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-12-21 · 100% match

International Reaction to Arrest of Reuters Reporters in Myanmar

Several countries, the United Nations and journalist groups are demanding the release of Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo from detention in Myanmar. The reporters were arrested on Dec.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-12-19 · 100% match

Arrested Reuters Reporters Were ‘Set Up,’ Says NLD Spokesman

NAYPYITAW — Two Reuters journalists arrested last week were deliberately “set up,” according to National League for Democracy spokesperson U Win Htein, who added that he felt sorry for the pair.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-12-14 · 100% match

Media Corps Calls for ‘Unconditional Release’ of 2 Reuters Reporters

YANGON – A dozen Myanmar news organizations demanded the government immediately release two Reuters journalists who have been detained by police in Htauk Kyant since Tuesday after being found in possession of classified reports related to the conflic

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-09-10 · 100% match

Calls Mount for Official Secrets Act to Be Amended in Wake of Reuters Case

YANGON — Legal experts, journalism professionals and human rights defenders have called for the outdated Official Secrets Act to be amended after the jailing of two reporters for possessing classified government materials prompted concerns that news

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-09-07 · 100% match

Facebook Removes Burmese Translation Feature After Reuters Report

LONDON—Facebook has removed a feature that allowed users to translate Burmese posts and comments after a Reuters report showed the tool was producing bizarre results. A Reuters investigation published on Aug.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-05-30 · 100% match

Myanmar Lawyer Says Evidence from Reuters Reporters’ Phones May Be ‘Tainted’

YANGON — Evidence Myanmar police say they obtained from the mobile phones of two Reuters reporters accused of possessing secret documents might be “tainted,” a defense lawyer said on Tuesday, because at least one phone was used after it was confiscat

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-05-17 · 100% match

Myanmar Policeman Denies Planting Documents on Reuters Reporters

YANGON — A Myanmar policeman told a court on Wednesday he met two Reuters reporters on the night of their arrest in December, but denied giving them secret documents to incriminate them.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-09-03 · 100% match

The Reuters Reporters’ Sentencing, as it Unfolded in the Courtroom

YANGON — For possessing the phone number of an officer in an ethnic armed group, the itineraries of visits to Rakhine by Pope Francis and Vice President U Myint Swe, and police reports of violence in northern Rakhine State, Reuters reporters Wa Lone

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-12-20 · 100% match

Press Council Offers to Mediate in Case of Arrested Reuters Reporters

YANGON — The Myanmar Press Council (MPC) said today that it would like to mediate in the case of two Reuters reporters who have now spent more than a week in state custody without word of their location or contact with family or lawyers.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-12-13 · 100% match

BREAKING: Reuters Reporters Arrested in Yangon Under Official Secrets Act

YANGON — Two reporters from Reuters were detained under the Official Secrets Act for allegedly possessing internal security reports related to fighting between border guard forces and Muslim militants the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) in Augu

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