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Two Reuters journalists jailed for seven years for breaching Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act, while reporting on a massacre of Rohingya Muslims, lost an appeal against their conviction on Friday. “The verdict originally given was not wrong according to the law. The court decides to dismiss the appeal,” Aung Naing, the judge of Yangon Regional High Court said. Reporters Wa Lone, 32, and …

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