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Two Reuters journalists detained in Myanmar freed

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epa07552530 epa07522263 (FILE) - (COMPOSITE) A composite image shows Reuters journalists Wa Lone (L) and Kyaw Soe Oo (R) outside the Insein township court in Yangon, Myanmar, 03 September 2018 (reissued 07 May 2018). Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were released from prison on 07 May after receiving a pardon during a presidential amnesty. EPA-EFE/LYNN BO BO

Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after reporting on the military’s abuses against the ethnic Rohingya minority were freed Tuesday, coinciding with a broader presidential amnesty for more than 6,000 prisoners.

The two were arrested in late 2017 and convicted of violating the Southeast Asian country’s law on state secrets while working on a major investigative report that detailed the slaughter of a group of Rohingya men.

Last month, the two journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, were part of a team of Reuters journalists that won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of Myanmar military’s brutal campaign, which pushed some 700,000 people into neighboring Bangladesh.

Via WSJ

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