Two Reuters reporters, jailed after investigating the killing of several Rohingya Muslims, will remain in prison, Myanmar’s highest court ruled Tuesday. “They were sentenced…
Two Reuters reporters, jailed after investigating the killing of several Rohingya Muslims, will remain in prison, Myanmar’s highest court ruled Tuesday.
“They were sentenced for seven years and this decision stands, and the appeal is rejected,” Supreme Court Justice Soe Naing told the court, according to Reuters. The judge did not elaborate.
Wa Lone and Kyaw See Oo were arrested in December 2017 after they helped expose a massacre of 10 Muslim men and implicating government forces in the killings. Myanmar arrested the journalists for allegedly obtaining confidential government documents.
The two journalists were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting this month, along with their colleagues. The Reuters report “expertly” exposed military units and Buddhist villagers who were “responsible for the systematic expulsion and murder of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, courageous coverage that landed its reporters in prison,” the Pulitzer committee said.
