Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were mobbed by media as they stepped out of Yangon’s notorious Insein prison after their lengthy detention
Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been behind bars since their arrest in December 2017 under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act
Their conviction in September sparked widespread global condemnation
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in Yangon on December 12 and handed seven-year jail sentences under a state secrets law
The case has sparked an outcry among the international community as an attempt to muzzle reporting on the crackdown by Myanmar’s security forces
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