Two Reuters journalists who had been jailed for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar walked out of prison on Tuesday, freed in a presidential amnesty after a global campaign for their release.
Two Reuters journalists who had been jailed for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar walked out of prison on Tuesday, freed in a presidential amnesty after a global campaign for their release.
Wa Lone, 33, thanked people from “around the world” for advocating for their release and vowed he would return to work.Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen Adler said: “We are enormously pleased that Myanmar has released our courageous reporters”. The case prompted an outcry around the world and crushed what was left of Suu Kyi’s legacy as a rights defender.The army convicted soldiers for the massacre in a rare response to allegations of atrocities.Families were overjoyed with the news.During their imprisonment the journalists were showered with numerous awards and honours in response to their work.
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