YANGON ¨C Lawyers for two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law appealed to the Supreme Court on Friday against their conviction, as a rights group said the government wielded repressive laws against peaceful critics.
The appeal, citing evidence of a police setup and lack of proof of a crime, came as New York-based Human Rights Watch said Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi¡¯s government had dashed hopes for Myanmar¡¯s first democratic leader in decades to protect free speech.
¡°Our petition asks the Supreme Court to finally provide justice to Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, reverse the lower courts¡¯ errors, and order the release of our journalists,¡± Reuters said in a statement.
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