Myanmar court rejects appeal by jailed Reuters reporters

A Myanmar court on Friday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act, saying the defense had not provided sufficient evidence to show they were innocent.

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A Myanmar court on Friday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act, saying the defense had not provided sufficient evidence to show they were innocent. <div class="feedflare"><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?a=Vp5PpJ7LtdI:A_Jo6AEciOM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?a=Vp5PpJ7LtdI:A_Jo6AEciOM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?i=Vp5PpJ7LtdI:A_Jo6AEciOM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?a=Vp5PpJ7LtdI:A_Jo6AEciOM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?i=Vp5PpJ7LtdI:A_Jo6AEciOM:V_sGLiPBpWU" /></a></div> <img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~4/Vp5PpJ7LtdI" width="1" /><br /> <br /> from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2H6IGIw<br />