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mo4ch:>Awkward! WikiLeaks calls out US concern for journalists with reminder of Collateral Murder video | Mo4ch News

WikiLeaks has called out VP Mike Pence over his concern for jailed Reuters journalists, reminding him of the Reuters staff killed by US fire in the infamous Collateral Murder video leaked by Chelsea Manning.Vice President Mike Pence tweeted his disappointment at a Myanmar court decision to reject the appeal of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who have been sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the Official Secrets Act.Pence described the move as a “failing a basic test in democracy,” and called on the government to release them in “the name of free & independent press.”READ MORE: 'A testimony of evil': How Manning’s 'Collateral Murder' revelation changed historyPerhaps unsurprisingly, this appeared to remind WikiLeaks of another threat to free press, the prosecution of founder Julian Assange, who faces secret charges in the US for his role in publishing leaked documents, including US War Logs and State Department cables provided by whistleblower…