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Dozens of people marched through Myanmar’s largest city Yangon on Saturday, calling on the government to release Reuters journalists on trial for allegedly collecting state secrets, and to demand press freedom.
Black-clad protesters marched with banners, flags and balloons with the faces of the two jailed Reuters journalists – Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo – printed on them.
They chanted: “The right to know the news! The people’s right! The people’s right!”

Some carried banners that read “Immediately release imprisoned journalists. Immediately release them.”
A Yangon court is on Monday expected to hand down the verdict in the case against Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, who have been charged under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act.
Press freedom advocates, the United Nations, the European Union and countries including the United States, Canada and Australia have called for the Reuters journalists’ acquittal.
Verdict postponed for Reuters journalists because of sick judge
Myo Myint Maung, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Information told Reuters by phone: “No matter what side you are on, freedom of the press is important.”
“In the current situation, you can say that we have it (freedom of the press), but there may also be things that we can improve on.”
Government spokesman Zaw Htay has in the past said of the case against Wa Lone and Kyaw So Oo that Myanmar’s courts are independent and the case will be conducted according to the law.
At the time of their arrest, the reporters had been working on an investigation into the killings of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys in a village in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
The killings took place during an army crackdown that United Nations agencies say sent over 700,000 people fleeing to Bangladesh. (Reporting by Aye Min Thant; editing by Andrew Roche)


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Demonstrators call on Myanmar to release Reuters journalists

The two journalists are on trail for reportedly collecting state secrets. A verdict is expected on Monday.

epa06989402 Journalists and activists float black coloured balloons and T-shirt printed with the portrait of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, as they shout slogans during a protest for Rights to Information in Yangon, Myanmar, 01 September 2018. Dozens of activists and journalists shout slogan of Rights to Information and demanding the release of the two journalists. Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested on the outskirts of Yangon on 12 December 2017 by Myanmar police for allegedly possessing classified police documents. Both defendants say they were framed by police. EPA-EFE/CHRISTIAN BRUNA

Supporters of detained Myanmar journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo march during a rally in Yangon on Saturday demanding for their release. Photo: AFP

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A combination of screenshots shows (top) an image taken from Getty Images depicting Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants, who were trying to flee Myanmar, after their boat was seized by MyanmarÕs navy, near Yangon, in 2015. The same image (bottom) appears in the Myanmar armyÕs recently published book on the Rohingya, flipped and converted to black-and-white, describing Bengalis entering Myanmar. Top: Getty Images, Bottom: Myanmar Politics and the Tatmadaw: Part 1/via Reuters NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

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Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been in Myanmar’s Insein prison since December after being charged with violating a colonial-era state secrets act

Detained Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo leaves the court in Yangon, Myanmar August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Friends of detained Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo stand at Insein court in Yangon, Myanmar August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Relatives of detained Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo wait at Insein court in Yangon, Myanmar August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Myat Thu Kyaw

Reuters journalists Wa Lone, left, and Kyaw Soe Oo, in 2017. Photo: Reuters

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The two journalists are on trail for reportedly collecting state secrets. A verdict is expected on Monday.


The two journalists are on trail for reportedly collecting state secrets


Demonstrators call on Myanmar to release Reuters journalists

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The two journalists are on trail for reportedly collecting state secrets. A verdict is expected on Monday.

The two journalists are on trail for reportedly collecting state secrets. A verdict is expected on Monday.