YANGON: A group of Myanmar journalists said they would begin wearing black T-shirts on Saturday in protest at the detention of two Reuters reporters accused of violating the country's Official Secrets Act, as pressure builds on Myanmar to release the pair. The Protection Committee for Myanmar Journalists, a group of local reporters who have demonstrated against past prosecutions of journalists, decried the "unfair arrests that affect media freedom". In a statement on Facebook, the committee said its members would don black T-shirts "to signify the dark age of media freedom" in Myanmar. "Journalists should be able to tell what is secret and what is not... We already have press freedom. Asked about the local reporters' "black campaign", he said: "Everyone can express his feelings."

Source: New Strait Times December 16, 2017 14:37 UTC