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Myanmar grants jailed Reuters journalists amnesty

Article Richard Sargent - 7 May 2019

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were mobbed by media as they stepped out of Yangon's notorious Insein prison after their lengthy detention

Top Myanmar court rejects appeal of Reuters journalists

Article Agency - 23 Apr 2019

Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been behind bars since their arrest in December 2017 under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act

Myanmar court rejects appeal by jailed Reuters journalists

Article Agency - 11 Jan 2019

Ruling decried as 'another injustice' against Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who were investigating 2017 killings of Rohingya

Myanmar Reuters journalists appeal seven-year sentence

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Dec 2018

Their conviction in September sparked widespread global condemnation

Messages of support for Myanmar Reuters reporters as they mark year in jail

Article Agency - 12 Dec 2018

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in Yangon on December 12 and handed seven-year jail sentences under a state secrets law

From wars to Duterte: Journalist ‘holds the line’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 12 Dec 2018

Maria Ressa's news site, Rappler, has taken a critical stand on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly anti-drug crackdown

Jailed Myanmar Reuters reporters file appeal

Article Agency - 5 Nov 2018

Lawyers for two Myanmar Reuters journalists have filed an appeal against their seven-year jail sentence

Reuters reporters jailed for seven years in Myanmar ‘state secrets’ case

Article Richard Sargent & Hla Hla Htay - 3 Sep 2018

The case has sparked an outcry among the international community as an attempt to muzzle reporting on the crackdown by Myanmar's security forces

Myanmar court postpones verdict for Reuters journalists

Article Agency - 27 Aug 2018

Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, have been detained in Myanmar's infamous Insein prison since December in the case which has ignited a global outcry

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