Myanmar court files secrets act charges against Reuters reporters
Terrible news: #Myanmar court charges @Reuters reporters, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, under the Official Secrets Act which carries a maximum penalty of 14 years in prison.
Journalism is NOT a crime. https://t.co/eZ8NvOwUHC
— Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 9. Juli 2018
Liu Xia is free! pic.twitter.com/6DHGwmBAoN
— PEN International (@pen_int) 10. Juli 2018
It’s official: Myanmar government of Aung San Suu Kyi wants 14 years for @Reuters journalists for exposing the „secret“ that the Myanmar army summarily executed ten Rohingya men (just the tip of the iceberg of the army’s atrocities). https://t.co/vKhCXlpqws pic.twitter.com/aGLcXxWJhj
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) 9. Juli 2018
News Lens: Can IFC rise to its next challenge? https://t.co/Prhtsm7Emj
— Bretton Woods Proj. (@brettonwoodspr) 9. Juli 2018
On #Cambodia EU fact finding mission and the eventual decision to suspend preferential tariffs under Article 19 of GSP Regulation/ Violation Annex 8
Yes the EU has the obligation to keep EP informed Art19 point 3.It will come down to political will
Read https://t.co/lJD2t6lSQP pic.twitter.com/imtM0tvlVk
— Umberto GAMBINI (@UGambini) 9. Juli 2018
One year in prison with hard labour just for travelling without permission. Please write to the President of Burma, U Win Myint, urging him to free Ma Hla Phyu. https://t.co/xjRfz28C4W
— Burma Campaign UK (@burmacampaignuk) 5. Juli 2018
CCHR releases annual report on #FairTrial Rights in #Cambodia, analyzing data gathered between 1 Nov 2016 & 31 Oct 2017 in 340 criminal cases before the Court of Appeal in Phnom Penh. Read it here: https://t.co/YgDtLSowhk (KH) & https://t.co/CTAmVVYYdG (EN). pic.twitter.com/Xz46gIDiB8
— CCHR Cambodia (@cchrcambodia) 19. Juni 2018
As I had mentioned in my post on Wednesday, 4 July, 2018, the important MoU was signed today between the British Council and the Govt of West Bengal at Nabanna >> https://t.co/OxLGcxrgFH pic.twitter.com/RbwbhkCXgn
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) 8. Juli 2018
“Today’s decision renders the judiciary complicit in a farcical miscarriage of justice.” Article 19 statement on persecution of our Reuters colleagues Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo https://t.co/fp0qtzvkeE via @article19org
— Andrew RC Marshall (@Journotopia) 9. Juli 2018
Myanmar’s decision to prosecute two @reuters reporters is a travesty. They face 14 years in prison for exposing a massacre of Rohingya. https://t.co/RTuVnvJN6O
— David Rohde (@RohdeD) 9. Juli 2018
“We will not retreat, give up or be shaken by this,” our brave colleague Wa Lone said after he and Kyaw Soe Oo were charged under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo #JournalismMatters #Myanmar https://t.co/miEJMWuVBd
— Karolina Tagaris (@tagaris) 9. Juli 2018
“We did not commit any crime,” said Reuters reporter Wa Lone as he was bundled into a police van. “We will face the court. We will not retreat, give up or be shaken by this . . . Injustice will never defeat us.” Incredible strength. #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo
https://t.co/PEIoQMQSOe— Andrew RC Marshall (@Journotopia) 9. Juli 2018
This is #Myanmar, 2018.
Army atrocities continue w/ utter impunity, while journalists who document crimes face 14 years in prison.
Journalism is NOT a crime. https://t.co/FbWi4tb5Cz
— Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 9. Juli 2018
#EU statement on the prosecution of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar.#FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo https://t.co/wIZ9JUs9xT
— Kristian Schmidt (@EUAmbSchmidt) 9. Juli 2018
The #EU decries #Myanmar court decision to press charges against @Reuters reporters Wa Lone & Kyaw Soe Oo.
Insists charges against them be dropped & they be released immediately „so they can be reunited with their families and resume their vital work.“https://t.co/xhaSru9PIH pic.twitter.com/YXSQrlcgas
— Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 9. Juli 2018
The issue isn’t Aung San Suu Kyi’s limited control over the Myanmar military as it massacred and raped Rohingya Muslims. The issue is why she blocked the UN investigation and supported prosecuting two Reuters journalists who uncovered one of the massacres. https://t.co/gzFcDxAD3N pic.twitter.com/N52oZaKl5P
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) 9. Juli 2018
It is the families of jailed Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo who suffer the most. Wa Lone’s wife (left) will soon give birth to their first child; Kyaw Soe Oo’s tiny daughter must wait behind barbed wire for a glimpse of her father. (Pix by @lynn_bo @oslow99) pic.twitter.com/SfomlQ8ZGj
— Andrew RC Marshall (@Journotopia) 9. Juli 2018
— Opinio Juris (@opiniojuris) 9. Juli 2018
Selfies, songs, and envelopes stuffed with money: My story from Cambodia, where Hun Sen is sparing nothing to bring out the vote for the July 29 election. https://t.co/KCAtkjS1iv pic.twitter.com/pbWP85untt
— John Reed (@JohnReedwrites) 9. Juli 2018
Had an awesome time this weekend teaching a group of cool people about how to capture public attention at @anticorruption’s @YouthIntegrity School! pic.twitter.com/WPaPpuZzyn
— Val Voshchevska (@Val_Voshchevska) 9. Juli 2018
Irregular immigration to Europe is way down but large immigrant communities–mostly citizens–are already in Europe. When the far right attacks immigrants, it really attacks its neighbors whom it wishes weren’t there. That’s racism/xenophobia/Islamophobia. https://t.co/kbHMb3ER4t pic.twitter.com/lmkRv7Wl1Y
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) 9. Juli 2018
“I want to tell you honey you are the hero in my heart”
Saman Gunan’s wife and father tell us about the man who died helping the 12 missing boys and their coach trapped in a cave in Thailand pic.twitter.com/CzFd61MXhM
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) 9. Juli 2018
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