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.@amnesty calls Aung San Suu Kyi defending verdict against Reuters journalists "a disgraceful attempt ... to defend the indefensible."
@amnesty More @amnesty: "...To say that this case had ‘nothing to do with freedom of expression’ and that Wa Lone, and Kyaw Soe Oo ‘were not jailed for being journalists’ is a deluded misrepresentation of the facts....
@amnesty 3/ "...These two men were convicted under a draconian, colonial-era law that was deliberately misused to halt their investigations into the appalling atrocities that took place in Rakhine State...
@amnesty 4/"...From start to finish, the case was nothing more than a brazen attack on freedom of expression and independent journalism in Myanmar...
@amnesty "...To argue that the letter of the law was followed is to willfully ignore all of these glaringly obvious shortcomings. It’s also eerily similar to the line taken by the military generals when Aung San Suu Kyi herself was locked up...
@amnesty 5/ "...The international condemnation heading Aung San Suu Kyi’s way is fully deserved, she should be ashamed.”
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