all right matt sandy reporting tonight from rio de janeiro matt thank you you thank. well accords in myanmar his sentence to international journalist to seven years in prison they were convicted for possession of classified documents and breaching the country's official secrets act because they investigated the alleged massacre. muslims by the military the reporters deny the charges they say they were framed by the police. the next seven years in jail for breaching mammals official secrets act all as some would say for simply doing their job while lying on his colleagues but found guilty of illegally possessing confidential documents base men have denied the charge saying that being punished for their posting. was help either but you know none of this decision is unfair and one sided it directly threatens our democracy and freedom of the press. will continue to fight it. he noted on. the journalists were arrested while covering the military's brutal crackdown on for him to muslims which has prompted some seven hundred thousand people to flee to neighboring bangladesh