Journalists and activists attempt to block police car carrying two Reuters journalists leaving from the court Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, in Yangon, Myanmar. (Thein Zaw/Associated Press)YANGON, Myanmar — The Latest on the conviction of two Reuters reporter in Myanmar for illegally possessing official documents (all times local):2 p.m.Britain’s ambassador says the verdict against two Reuters journalists has undermined media freedom in Myanmar. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were convicted Monday of violating a colonial-era secrecy law and sentenced to seven years in prison. The two journalists had been reporting last year on Myanmar’s brutal crackdown against the Rohingya in the country’s western state of Rakhine. Investigators working for the U.N.’s top human rights body said last week that genocide charges should be brought against senior Myanmar military officers over the crackdown.

Source: Washington Post September 03, 2018 06:38 UTC