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Reuters journalists Kyaw Soe Oo (C) waves beside colleague Wa Lone (L) as they walk out of Insein prison after being freed in a presidential amnesty in Yangon on 7 May 2019. Picture: AFP.

Reuters journalists

Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar freed from prison after more than 500 days

By Reuters

The two reporters, Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, had been convicted in September and sentenced to seven years in jail, in a case that raised questions about...

  • FILE: This combo photo shows journalists Kyaw Soe Oo (L) and Wa Lone (R) being escorted by police after their sentencing by a court to jail in Yangon on 3 September 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Myanmar court rejects appeal by jailed Reuters reporters

    The defence has the option of making a further appeal to the country’s supreme court, based in the capital Naypyitaw.

    1225 days ago
  • FILE: This combo shows journalists Kyaw Soe Oo (L) and Wa Lone (R) being escorted by police after their sentencing by a court to jail in Yangon on 3 September 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Myanmar group founded by prominent dissident urges release of Reuters reporters

    A court found the two Reuters reporters guilty on Monday last week and jailed them for seven years in a landmark case seen as a test of progress towards democracy in the Southeast Asian country.

    1346 days ago
  • US secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Picture: AFP

    US senators urge Pompeo to press for release of Reuters journalists in Myanmar

    The journalists were found guilty on official secrets charges and sentenced earlier this month in a landmark case seen as a test of progress toward democracy in Myanmar.

    1347 days ago
  • FILE: This combo photo shows journalists Kyaw Soe Oo (L) and Wa Lone (R) being escorted by police after their sentencing by a court to jail in Yangon on 3 September 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Vice President Pence calls for release of jailed Reuters journalists

    Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were investigating the killing by security forces of Rohingya villagers at the time of their arrest last December, and had pleaded not guilty.

    1354 days ago
  • FILE: Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo (C) talks to the media as he leaves after a court appearance in Yangon on 10 January 2018. Picture: AFP.

    How Myanmar punished two reporters for uncovering an atrocity

    On 20 April, a prosecution witness revealed in pre-trial hearings that police planted military documents on Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo in order to frame them.

    1355 days ago
  • Detained Myanmar journalist Wa Lone, 32, is seen handcuffed and escorted by police while leaving Yangon courthouse after the first day of trial on 16 July 2018. Picture: AFP

    Myanmar judge jails Reuters reporters for 7 years

    Press freedom advocates, the United Nations, the European Union and countries including the United States, Canada and Australia have called for the Reuters journalists’ acquittal.

    1356 days ago
  • Detained Myanmar journalist Wa Lone (C) speaks to reporters as he is escorted by police from a courthouse following his ongoing pre-trial hearing in Yangon on 9 July, 2018. Picture: AFP.

    [UPDATE] Verdict postponed in Myanmar's case against Reuters journalists

    Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, are charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

    1363 days ago
  • FILE: Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo (C) talks to the media as he leaves after a court appearance in Yangon on 10 January 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Black hoods, kneeling, no sleep: Reuters reporter details Myanmar custody

    The 28-year-old reporter and his colleague Wa Lone, 32, face charges brought under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, in a case seen as a test of press freedom in Myanmar.

    1396 days ago
  • In September 2017, newly arrived Rohingya refugees from Myanmar walk through paddy fields and flooded land after they fled over the border into Cox’s Bazar district, Chittagong Division in Bangladesh. Picture: Unicef.

    Myanmar violated UN child rights pact in Rohingya crackdown, experts find

    Children make up around half of the more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh since the start of a military crackdown last August.

    1399 days ago
  • FILE: Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo (C) talks to the media as he leaves after a court appearance in Yangon on 10 January 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Myanmar police focused interrogation on Rohingya story: Reuters journalist

    The killings took place during a military crackdown that United Nations agencies say led to more than 700,000 Rohingya fleeing to neighbouring Bangladesh last year.

    1403 days ago
  • Detained Myanmar journalist Wa Lone (C) speaks to reporters as he is escorted by police from a courthouse following his ongoing pre-trial hearing in Yangon on 9 July, 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Myanmar court files secrets act charges against Reuters reporters

    Yangon district judge Ye Lwin charged reporters Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, with breaching the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, which carries a maximum penalty of 14 years in prison.

    1411 days ago
  • FILE: Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo (C) talks to the media as he leaves after a court appearance in Yangon on 10 January 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Myanmar court to hear arguments on charging jailed Reuters reporters

    The pre-trial hearings, which began in January, finished last month. The two reporters have been denied bail and have been held in Yangon’s Insein jail since being arrested in December.

    1419 days ago
  • FILE: Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo (C) talks to the media as he leaves after a court appearance in Yangon on 10 January 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Witness no-show as Reuters reporters mark six months in Myanmar detention

    The police major conducted the inquiry after the journalists were arrested on 12 December. They have now spent six months in detention.

    1438 days ago
  • FILE: Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo (C) talks to the media as he leaves after a court appearance in Yangon on 10 January 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Myanmar police witness says searched Reuters reporters' phones without warrant

    The reporters have told relatives they were arrested almost immediately after being handed some rolled up papers at a restaurant in northern Yangon by two policemen.

    1453 days ago
  • FILE: Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo (C) talks to the media as he leaves after a court appearance in Yangon on 10 January 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Myanmar policeman who said Reuters reporters were framed details sting operation

    At the time of their arrest in December, the reporters had been working on an investigation into the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys in a village in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state.

    1472 days ago
  • FILE: Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo (C) talks to the media as he leaves after a court appearance in Yangon on 10 January 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Myanmar court accepts testimony of policeman who said Reuters reporters framed

    Later on Wednesday Mark Field, a junior British foreign minister, called again on authorities in Myanmar to halt a “gross perversion” of press freedom.

    1479 days ago
  • FILE: Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo (C) talks to the media as he leaves after a court appearance in Yangon on 10 January 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Myanmar police 'set up' Reuters reporters in sting-police witness

    The court in Yangon has been holding hearings since January to decide whether the pair will be charged under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act.

    1491 days ago
  • FILE: Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo (C) talks to the media as he leaves after a court appearance in Yangon on 10 January 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Reuters reporters arrested in Myanmar due to appear in court

    The reporters were detained on 12 December after they had been invited to meet police officers over dinner in Yangon.

    1570 days ago
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