Two Reuters journalists have been sentenced to seven years in prison for obtaining confidential documents in Myanmar

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• A Myanmar court sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison Monday for illegal possession of official documents.
• Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had been reporting on Myanmar's crackdown on Rohingya Muslims when they were arrested last year. 
• Investigators working for the UN’s top human rights body said last week that genocide charges should be brought against senior Myanmar military officers over the crackdown.

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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A Myanmar court sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison Monday for illegal possession of official documents, a ruling met with international outrage that will add to condemnation over the military’s alleged human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims.

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had been reporting on the brutal crackdown on the Rohingya when they were arrested and charged with to violating the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, punishable by up to 14 years in prison. They had pleaded not guilty, contending that they were framed by police.

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