Myanmar arrests two Reuters journalists

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated December 15 2017 - 6:18am, first published 6:12am
Rani Begum 28 yrs old (left) and her daughter Sadiya Begum 10yrs old (right) at the entrance to a temporary shelter inside Camp 1 home to 71 Rohingya families that fled the violence in Myanmar in 2012. Rani??????s husband was killed by the Myanmar police and his body was found 3 days later in several pieces. Her daughter Sumiya was also wounded by a machete attack in Myanmar 5 years ago, she was 7 at the time. They fled Myanmar for Bangladesh then to India. Rani occasionally works as a domestic cleaner earning approx 1500 to 2000 rupee??????s a month. The Indian government is threatening to deport Rohingya refugee??????s. Balapur, Cyberabad, Hyderabad. 22nd September, 2017. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Rani Begum 28 yrs old (left) and her daughter Sadiya Begum 10yrs old (right) at the entrance to a temporary shelter inside Camp 1 home to 71 Rohingya families that fled the violence in Myanmar in 2012. Rani??????s husband was killed by the Myanmar police and his body was found 3 days later in several pieces. Her daughter Sumiya was also wounded by a machete attack in Myanmar 5 years ago, she was 7 at the time. They fled Myanmar for Bangladesh then to India. Rani occasionally works as a domestic cleaner earning approx 1500 to 2000 rupee??????s a month. The Indian government is threatening to deport Rohingya refugee??????s. Balapur, Cyberabad, Hyderabad. 22nd September, 2017. Photo: Kate Geraghty

Bangkok: Myanmar's government has charged two Reuters journalists who had been leaked documents on brutal military-led attacks on Rohingya Muslims in the country's Rakhine State.

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