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Statement on Release of 2 Myanmar journalists: Asia News Network

May 08, 2019

The Asia News Network, an alliance of 24 leading media in 20 Asian countries, welcomes the release of Reuters kournalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo by the Myanmar government on Tuesday.

Myanmar Reuters journalists lose appeal against 7-year sentence

January 11, 2019

Yangon - A Myanmar judge dismissed an appeal Friday by two Reuters journalists jailed for seven years while investigating atrocities committed against the Rohingya, dashing slim hopes that the pair could be freed early.

Amnesty slams Myanmar court ruling against Reuters journalists

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 03, 2018

Amnesty International on Monday described as “appalling” a Myanmar court’s verdict which saw two Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in jail for breaching the Official Secrets Act during an investigation into a massacre of Rohingya men.

Press freedom group urges Suu Kyi to free Reuters reporters

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 03, 2018

Paris - Reporters Without Borders called Monday on Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi to free two Reuters journalists jailed for seven years in a case seen as a major blow for press freedom.

Myanmar court refuses to drop case against Reuters journalists

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018

Yangon - A Myanmar court on Wednesday rejected a motion to drop a case against two Reuters journalists arrested months ago while reporting on the Rohingya crisis, pushing ahead with hearings that have sparked global outrage and fears of shrinking press freedoms.

Myanmar court remands Reuters journalists for 2 more weeks

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017

The detention of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar was extended for two more weeks, a court said Wednesday, in the pair's first public appearance since their December 12 arrest under a draconian colonial-era secrecy law.