Reuters journalists freed after 500 days in Myanmar prison

Pulitzer-winning journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, were released as part of a prisoner amnesty announced by Myanmar’s President.

They were been convicted under the Official Secrets Act and sentenced to seven years in jail for reporting on a massacre of Rohingya civilians in September 2017.

Their sentence was seen as an attack on press freedom and questioned Myanmar’s democracy.

As Wa Lone left prison, he said: “I’m really happy and excited to see my family and colleagues. I can’t wait to go to my newsroom.”

Both men reunited with their families and young children.

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