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Foreign Pressure on Myanmar Prompted Journalists’ Release
Country’s concern about its global standing led it to free two Reuters reporters imprisoned for work on Rohingya crisis
The reporters, imprisoned after investigating an army massacre of Rohingya Muslims, were released as part of a presidential amnesty. Photo: Getty Images
By Jon Emont and
Myo Myo
Updated May 7, 2019 2:23 p.m. ET
Myanmar’s concern that its global standing was being tarnished prompted the government to release two Pulitzer Prize winning journalists from prison, officials said, following an international campaign on their behalf.
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, the two Reuters reporters, were arrested 17 months ago while investigating human-rights abuses committed by Myanmar’s military against the country’s ethnic Rohingya minority. International figures including United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and U.S. Vice President Mike...
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