On Tuesday, Myanmars Supreme Court rejected the appeals of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, two Reuters reporters who have been jailed in the country since December 2017, accused of disseminating state secrets pertinent to national security.

The landmark case in which the journalists were sentenced to seven years behind bars last September has become a symbol of Myanmars crumbling press freedoms.

In a statement sent to HuffPost following the courts latest ruling, Reuters chief counsel Gail Gove described the allegations as a sham.

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo did not commit any crime, nor was there any proof that they did, she said. Instead, they were victims of a police setup to silence their truthful reporting. We will continue to do all we can to free them as soon as possible.