Geneva Myanmar, facing international outrage over the jailing of Reuters journalists for their reporting on a massacre of Rohingya Muslims, is conducting a"political campaign" against independent journalism, the UN said Tuesday. A report from the UN rights office decried"the instrumentalisation of the law and of the courts by the government and military in what constitutes a political campaign against independent journalism". It slammed the"failure of the judiciary to uphold the fair trial rights of those targeted". The rights office pointed to the"particularly outrageous" and high-profile example of the conviction of Reuters journalists. (AFP)
Philippines
UN says Myanmar waging 'campaign against journalists'
Sep 12, 2018
Geneva Myanmar, facing international outrage over the jailing of Reuters journalists for their reporting on a massacre of Rohingya Muslims, is conducting a"political campaign" against independent journalism, the UN said Tuesday. A report from the UN rights office decried"the instrumentalisation of the law and of the courts by the government and military in what constitutes a political campaign against independent journalism". It slammed the"failure of the judiciary to uphold the fair trial rights of those targeted". The rights office pointed to the"particularly outrageous" and high-profile example of the conviction of Reuters journalists. (AFP)