Tag: U Wa Lone

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…

Myanmar’s Highest Court Upholds Conviction of Reuters Journalists The reporters, U Wa Lone and U Kyaw Soe Oo, won a Pulitzer Prize earlier this month for their reporting on a military massacre of Rohingya Muslims. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/world/asia/reuters-journalists-myanmar-supreme-court.html?partner=rss&emc=rss The two reporters, U Wa Lone, 33, and U Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, were sentenced in September to…