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Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar over secrets act - Published A court in Myanmar has sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison for violating a state secrets act while investigating violence against the Rohingya minority. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, nationals of Myanmar, were arrested while carrying official documents which had just been given to them by police officers. They have maintained their innocence, saying they were set up by police. The case has been widely seen as a test of press freedom in Myanmar. "I have no fear," Wa Lone said after the verdict. "I have not done anything wrong. I believe in justice, democracy and freedom." The two men, who both have families with young children, have been in prison since their arrest in December 2017. What were they investigating? Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, are Myanmar citizens who were working for the international news agency. They had been collecting evidence about the murders of 10 Rohingya men by the army in the village of Inn Din in northern Rakhine in September 2017. They were arrested before the report's publication, after being handed some documents by two policemen who they met at the restaurant for the first time. A police witness testified during the trial that the restaurant meeting was a set-up to entrap the journalists. The final report - a collaboration with other colleagues - was considered extraordinary, because it gathered testimonies from a range of participants, including Buddhist villagers who confessed to killing Rohingya Muslims and torching their homes. Accounts from paramilitary police also directly implicated the military. The military had previously released its own investigation into allegations of abuse in Rakhine, and exonerated itself of all wrongdoing. Authorities later launched their own probe into the Inn Din killings, confirming the massacre took place and promising to take action against those who had taken part. What is happening to the Rohingya? At least 700,000 Rohingya have fled violence in the country in the past year. The crisis erupted when a brutal crackdown was launched in response to a Rohingya militant group attacking several police posts. The United Nations has called the army's response - including murder, torture, rape, sexual slavery, persecution and enslavement - "grossly disproportionate to actual security threats". A UN report - released last week - called for military leaders to face genocide charges for their actions. Myanmar rejected the report. It sees the Rohingya - who have their own culture and language - as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. What did the judge say? Judge Ye Lwin told the court in Yangon the pair had "intended to harm the interests of the state". "And so they have been found guilty under the state secrets act," he said. The verdict had been delayed once because of the judge's ill health. A crushing blow to freedom' Nick Beake, BBC Myanmar correspondent, Yangon Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo bowed their heads as the verdict was delivered, while their families broke down in tears in court. The reporters have always insisted they were framed. Wa Lone - who missed the birth of his first child while being detained - protested his innocence once again as he was led away. Many will see this verdict as a crushing blow to freedom of the press in Myanmar and another setback for democracy, three years after Aung San Suu Kyi's party triumphed in free elections. Last week, UN inspectors called for Myanmar's top generals to stand trial for genocide for the crimes committed against the Rohingya - the very subject these reporters were investigating. What is the reaction to the jailing? "Today is a sad day for Myanmar, Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, and press freedom anywhere," Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen Adler said. The verdict has been widely criticised by observers and human rights groups. "We are extremely disappointed by this verdict," Britain's ambassador to Myanmar, Dan Chugg, said according to Reuters. US ambassador Scot Marciel echoed the same criticism, saying the court's decision was "deeply troubling for everybody who has struggled so hard here for media freedom". The UN's resident and humanitarian co-ordinator in Myanmar, Knut Ostby, said the UN had "consistently called for the release" of the journalists and that "a free press is essential for peace, justice and human rights for all. We are disappointed by today's court decision". A free press is essential for peace, justice and human rights for all. We are disappointed by today’s court decision. Our full statement:#Myanmar #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo pic.twitter.com/sxeCJYTKRd— Knut Ostby (@knutostby) September 3, 2018 "The outrageous convictions show Myanmar courts' willingness to muzzle those reporting on military atrocities," Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said. "These sentences mark a new low for press freedom and further backsliding on rights under Aung San Suu Kyi's government." Media access to Rakhine is strictly controlled by the government so it is difficult to get reliable news from the region.
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म्यानमारमा दुईजना पत्रकारलाई किन जेल म्यानमारको एउटा अदालतले गोपनीयतासम्बन्धी ऐनको उल्लङ्घन गरेको अभियोगमा समाचार संस्था रोयटर्सका दुईजना पत्रकारलाई सात वर्ष जेल सजाय सुनाएको छ। रोहिंज्यामाथिको हिंसाबारे अनुसन्धान गर्ने क्रममा उनीहरूले गोपनीयतासम्बन्धी ऐनको उल्लङ्घन गरेको अदालतको ठहर छ। प्रहरी अधिकारीहरूले दिएका दस्तावेज लिइरहेका बेला पत्रकारद्वय वा लोन र ज स ऊलाई पक्राउ गरिएको थियो। निर्दोष भएको भन्दै दुवैजनाले आफूहरूलाई प्रहरीले फसाएको बताएका छन्। परीक्षण उक्त मुद्दालाई म्यानमारमा प्रेस स्वतन्त्रताको एउटा परीक्षणको रूपमा हेरिएको छ। अदालतको आदेशपछि पत्रकार वा लोनले भने, "मलाई कुनै डर छैन। मैले केही गलत गरेको छुइनँ। म न्याय, लोकतन्त्र र स्वतन्त्रतामा विश्वास राख्छु।" परिवारमा स-साना बच्चा भएका ती दुवै पत्रकार सन् २०१७ को डिसेम्बरदेखि जेलमा छन्। रोयटर्सका प्रधान सम्पादक स्टेफन एड्लरले भने, "आज म्यानमार, रोयटर्सका पत्रकारहरू वा लोन र ज स ऊ तथा प्रेस स्वतन्त्रताका लागि एउटा दुःखद दिन हो।" प्रमाण दुवैजना म्यानमारका नागरिक हुन्, जसले अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय समाचार संस्थाका लागि काम गर्दै आएका छन्। फैसला सुनाएका रङ्गुनस्थित अदालतका न्यायाधीशले दुवै पत्रकारले राज्यको हितमा असर पुर्याउन चाहेको बताए। उनले भने, "र, त्यो कारणले उनीहरू राज्यको गोपनीयतासम्बन्धी कानून अनुसार दोषी पाइएका हुन्।" ३२ वर्षीय वा लोन र २८ वर्षीय ज स ऊले उत्तर रखाइन राज्यमा पर्ने एउटा गाउँमा सेनाले १० जना पुरुषको हत्या गरेकोबारे प्रमाण सङ्कलन गरिरहेका थिए।