UN chief presses for release of journalists held in Myanmar

Above: Myanmar journalists wearing armbands calling for "Freedom of Press" during a vigil yesterday for two journalists jailed by Myanmar. Left: Reuters reporters Wa Lone (in hard hat) and Kyaw Soe Oo had been working on stories about the strife in R
Above: Myanmar journalists wearing armbands calling for "Freedom of Press" during a vigil yesterday for two journalists jailed by Myanmar.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Above: Myanmar journalists wearing armbands calling for "Freedom of Press" during a vigil yesterday for two journalists jailed by Myanmar. Left: Reuters reporters Wa Lone (in hard hat) and Kyaw Soe Oo had been working on stories about the strife in R
Reuters reporters Wa Lone (above) and Kyaw Soe Oo had been working on stories about the strife in Rakhine state.PHOTO: REUTERS
Above: Myanmar journalists wearing armbands calling for "Freedom of Press" during a vigil yesterday for two journalists jailed by Myanmar. Left: Reuters reporters Wa Lone (in hard hat) and Kyaw Soe Oo had been working on stories about the strife in R
Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo (above) had been working on stories about the strife in Rakhine state.PHOTO: REUTERS
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He urges global community to help, adding that arrests a sign of shrinking press freedom