Myanmar journos demonstrate against jailing of Reuters reporters

Published: September 16, 2018 22:15:03

Myanmar press freedom advocates and youth activists holding a demonstration demanding the freedom of two jailed Reuters journalists in Yangon, Myanmar on Sunday — Reuters

At least 100 Myanmar youth activists and journalists called for the release of two jailed Reuters journalists on Sunday, warning that the seven-year prison terms handed to the pair this month threaten the public's right to information, reports Reuters.

Demonstrators including high-school students gathered peacefully in the heart of Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, held signs and chanted slogans denouncing the guilty verdict against the two journalists.