UK Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field urged the authorities of Myanmar in a statement on Monday to immediately free the two recently convicted Reuters journalists.

The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Monday it was appalled by the verdict of a Myanmar court, which sentenced two Reuters journalists, who had previously investigated violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine state, to seven years in prison.

The conviction of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar "marks a new low" for press freedom and human rights situation in the country, an international watchdog said Monday.

The conviction of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar "marks a new low" for press freedom and human rights situation in the country, an international watchdog said Monday.

The European Union on Monday called on Myanmar's authorities to release two jailed journalists for the Reuters news agency, who previously investigated the mass execution of members of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine state, and reconsider their sentences

A Myanmar court found two Reuters journalists guilty of violating the law on state secrets and sentenced them to seven years in prison, Reuters reported on Monday.

According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup & Gilani Pakistan, 61% Pakistanis say that they are satisfied (completely or somewhat) with the protection of minority rights in Pakistan