Current Affairs: Reuters reporters jailed for seven years in Myanmar

Reuters journalist Wa Lone is escorted out of the Insein township court in Yangon, Myanmar.

Reuters journalist Wa Lone is escorted out of the Insein township court in Yangon, Myanmar. Source: Lynn Bo Bo / EPA

The human rights group Reporters Without Borders has called for the immediate release of two journalists sentenced to seven years in jail in Myanmar, who investigated the killing by security forces of Rohingya villagers at the time of their arrests. Louisa and Ivan have the details.



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