Amal Clooney made a stylish statement in a bold red dress at the United Nations in New York City on Friday.
Amal Clooney of Friday (US time), delivered a speech during the ‘Press Behind Bars: Undermining Justice and Democracy conference’ at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The celebrated human rights lawyer, and wife to Hollywood actor George Clooney, donned a red cape dress as she made her way to the United Nations, pairing the dress with a desert Bancroft leather satchel from Michael Kors Collection and matching heels. Photographers spotted Clooney carrying a long coat on her arm as she walked outside.
Clooney, who is on the legal team representing imprisoned Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, addressed Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during her speech, calling on him to pardon the journalists.
Wa and Kyaw, who were arrested in December 2017 and sentenced this month to seven years in prison after being found guilty of possessing Myanmar state secrets. Many, however, see the journalists’ arrests and subsequent convictions as punishment for reporting they did on the killing of 10 Rohingya men in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, according to Time.
Clooney called the process a “sham trial” and called on Myanmar’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to pardon the journalists.
“The journalists’ families have already submitted a pardon request,” Clooney said in her speech, per Reuters. “This case began with authorization from the government at the highest level, all the way up to the president’s office. And the government can, if it wants to, end it today.”
Clooney ended her speech with a direct call for Suu Kyi to take action.
