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Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney. Picture: AFP.

Reuters reporters

Amal Clooney appeals to Suu Kyi for reporters' release

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The two fathers were jailed for seven years earlier this month, fueling international outrage.

  • 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.

    1345 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.

    1352 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.

    1353 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.

    1361 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.

    1394 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.

    1397 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.

    1401 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.

    1409 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.

    1417 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.

    1436 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.

    1451 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.

    1470 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.

    1477 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.

    1568 days ago
  • Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Picture: AFP

    EU raises concerns with Myanmar's Suu Kyi over detention of Reuters reporters

    The two are due to appear in court on Wednesday. It will be their second appearance in court and the prosecutor could request that charges are filed against them.

    1591 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Supplied.

    Myanmar to grant families access to detained journos - media

    Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been in detention for 11 days in an undisclosed location and have had no access to their families, lawyers or colleagues.

    1607 days ago
  • Thomson Reuters.

    Myanmar says two Reuters journalists remanded in custody

    Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been in detention for nine days with no detail on where they are being held.

    1609 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    Myanmar says two Reuters journalists remanded in custody

    Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been in detention for nine days with no detail on where they are being held.

    1609 days ago
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