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Two Reuters Reporters Have Now Spent 100 Days Behind Bars in Myanmar for Exposing a Massacre

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo would normally spend their days chasing sources and writing stories. But on Wednesday, after a full 100 days in jail, the two Reuters reporters spent their hours in a dusty Myanmar courthouse, where they could face up to 14 years in prison if convicted of possessing secret government documents. Reuters has said the pair’s arrest was related to their most recent investigative project: a groundbreaking report detailing the deaths of 10 Rohingya Muslims found in a mass grave in the country’s west, where the military has been accused of a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the persecuted minority. “Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo are exemplary individuals and outstanding reporters who are dedicated to their families and their craft,” Stephen J.

 

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