Jailed Reuters journalists appeal to Myanmar's top court as rights group decries 'fear'

By Thu Thu Aung and Antoni Slodkowski YANGON (Reuters) - Lawyers for two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law appealed to the Supreme Court on Friday against their conviction, as a rights group said the government wielded repressive laws against peaceful critics.

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