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<p class = "canvas-atom-canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – smt Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Clooney represents Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, journalists in Reuters, whose arrest in December 2017 was widely seen as report on the killing of 10 Rohingya men in Rakhine State, Myanmar. They were convicted on September 3rd to possess state secrets – the conclusion of what Clooney called a "mock trial". "Data-reactid =" 23 "> Clooney represents Reuters journalists, Wa Lone, 32, widely regarded as a punishment for reporting on the killing of 10 Rohingya men in Rakhine State, Myanmar.
<p class = "canvas-atom-canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Suu Kyi, which once represented the country's promising progress towards democracy, has faces an international examination for do not stop or condemn the violence against Rohingya Muslims. Earlier this month, she denied that Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were jailed because they were journalists and said anyone who disagrees should "say why the judgment was wrong". The country's promising progress towards democracy has been the subject of international scrutiny for failing to stop or condemn violence against Rohingya Muslims. At the beginning of the month, she denied that Wa Lone's reasoning was wrong.
"My remarks today are aimed at answering Aung San Suu Kyi's call," Clooney told a press freedom roundtable at the UN on Friday. (Clooney is married to Hollywood actor George Clooney since 2014)
"She knows that mass murder is not a state secret and that exposing it does not turn a journalist into a spy," said Amal Clooney. "She is the Nobel Peace Prize laureate whose name was whispered in the halls of St. Hugh's College in Oxford, where she and I both studied. When I was a student, she was a hero for me because she worked with many human rights defenders around the world and with so many 50 million people in Myanmar, whose life she promised. . "
"Aung San Suu Kyi knows better than anyone what it is to be a political prisoner in Myanmar. She slept in a prison cell where Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo are sleeping now, "added Clooney. "But today, she holds the key … history will judge her on her answer."
<p class = "canvas-atom-canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Earlier this month, a United Nations independent investigation mission accused the Myanmar Army of carry out brutal mass killings and mass rapes of thousands of Rohingya civilians, calling on top military officials to be prosecuted for "genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes". The United Nations has accused the Myanmar military of committing mass killings and rapes of thousands of Rohingya civilians, calling on top military officials to be prosecuted for "genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes" ".
The lawyers condemned the imprisonment of Reuters journalists as a crackdown on the free press. "We support them until the end, and we will not give up until their release," said Steve Adler, Reuters editor, at TIME. "I can not wait to thank them in person when they are out."
Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm "type =" text "content =" Attacks on freedom of the press are a growing problem through Southeast Asia and around the world. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 262 journalists were jailed last year and reached "unprecedented levels". Data-reactid = "30" Attacks on press freedom are a problem 262 journalists jailed last year, according to the Committee for the Protection of Journalists, have reached "unprecedented levels".
Clooney said Friday that the families of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had submitted a request for pardon – which she said could be granted by the President of Myanmar at any time in consultation with Suu Kyi, in accordance with the country's constitution. .
"This case started with the government's approval at the highest level, up to the president's office, and the government can, if it wishes, end it today," Clooney said.
"Myanmar was a success a few years ago and the idea is that the release of these journalists would bring them back on track to a society that respects the rule of law, a society that tends to become a democracy in its own right. .
