The Editors Guild of India on Monday condemns a Myanmar court verdict sentencing two Reuters journalists to seven years each in prison after pronouncing them guilty of having breached the country’s Official Secrets Act.
The Guild is opposed to the use of provisions under the Official Secrets Act in any country to throttle the voice of the media. The two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and KyawSoeOo were investigating the death of 10 Rohingya Muslims.
The Guild believes that the arrest and imprisonment of journalists are a big blow to democracy and demands their release from jail at the earliest.