Myanmar Releases Reuters Journalists Jailed for Reporting on Rohingya Crackdown – The New York Times

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Myanmar Releases Reuters Journalists Jailed for Reporting on Rohingya Crackdown

The two reporters, U Wa Lone, 33, and U Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, who received the Pulitzer Prize, were to serve seven years in prison.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/world/asia/myanmar-releases-jailed-reuters-journalists.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Two prize-winning journalists, U Wa Lone and U Kyaw Soe Oo, were released from prison in Myanmar on Tuesday. They were imprisoned for more than a year after reporting on the country’s treatment of the Rohingya minority group.