U.N. calls for 'rapid and unimpeded' aid access to Myanmar's Rakhine

YANGON (Reuters) - The United Nations called on the Myanmar government on Monday to allow “rapid and unimpeded” humanitarian access to Rakhine State, where fighting between government troops and autonomy-seeking rebels has displaced thousands of people.

Myanmar border guard police stand guard at Goke Pi outpost in Buthidaung during a government organized media tour in Rakhine, Myanmar, January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer

The Rakhine State government issued a notice last week blocking non-governmental organizations and U.N. agencies from traveling to rural areas in five townships in the northern and central parts of the state affected by the conflict.

UK calls on Aung San Suu Kyi to take ‘personal interest’ in Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar

Britain has called on the leader of Myanmar to investigate whether due process was followed in the case of two Reuters reporters who were sentenced to seven years in jail over claims they broke the country’s official secrets act.

Reuters journalists challenge conviction under Myanmar state secrets act

"THE WASHINGTON POST"
By Cape Diamond and Timothy McLaughlin
January 11

YANGON, Myanmar — A court in Myanmar is set to rule Friday in the appeal of two Reuters journalists jailed last year for violating the country’s colonial-era secrets law in a case that drew widespread condemnation from rights groups, foreign governments and media watchdogs as an attack on the free press.

Myanmar Reuters journalists jailed over Rohingya investigation to hear appeal decision.

PUBLISHED: 11 JAN 2019

YANGON (AFP) - Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar over their investigation of atrocities committed against the Rohingya will learn on Friday (Jan 11) if an appeal against their conviction has succeeded.

( 04.09.2018 ) Reuters Journalists Jailed: Poor Farmer’s Son And Poet Were Investigating Killings Of Rohingya Muslims ( Busines Times )

Myanmar jailed two Reuters journalists who have been relentlessly covering the hapless condition of the Rohingya Muslims in the country. The sentencing comes as Myanmar has been strongly accused of the ethnic and religious cleansing of the Rohingyas. 
 

Two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, were sentenced to seven years of imprisonment after a judge ruled that the reporters breached Myanmar's Official Secrets Act when they obtained classified information while investigating killings of Rohingya Muslims.

( 03.09.2018 ) Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar: A poor rice farmer's son and a poet ( CNN )

By Hilary Clarke, CNN
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