Myanmar frees Reuters journalists jailed for reporting on Rohingya crisis
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have spent more than a year in jail after being accused of breaching Official Secrets Act
Two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar for their reporting of the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims have been released after spending more than 500 days in jail, according to witnesses.
Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, were arrested in December 2017 and accused of breaking a colonial-era Official Secrets Act, and have been imprisoned in Yangon’s Insein jail ever since.