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An exhausted Rohingya refugee woman touches the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal, in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, on Sept. 11, 2017.

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui Is Killed In Afghanistan

4:25pm July 16, 2021

The 38-year-old journalist, who worked for the Reuters news agency, died in southern Afghanistan during a clash between Taliban militiamen and Afghan troops with whom he was embedded.

Reuters journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone were escorted by police after a court hearing in August 2018 in Yangon, Myanmar.

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Myanmar Court Rejects Appeal Of 2 Imprisoned Reuters Journalists

4:29pm January 11, 2019

by Francesca Paris

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were reporting on a massacre of Rohingya men when they were arrested and later convicted of violating the country's Official Secrets Act. They were sentenced to seven years.

After being sentenced on Monday to seven years, Kyaw Soe Oo is escorted out of the courthouse by police. He and fellow Reuters journalist Wa Lone were accused of breaking a law on state secrets.

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U.S. Officials Condemn Reuters Journalists' Convictions In Myanmar

5:04pm September 05, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Vice President Pence said the two journalists should be "commended — not imprisoned" for exposing human rights abuses in Myanmar. They were handed a seven-year prison sentence, inciting global outcry.

Wa Lone, 32, speaks to reporters as police escort him from the courthouse following his pretrial hearing Monday in Yongon. He is one of two Reuters reporters charged with breaking the country's secrecy law, which carries the possibility of 14 years in pri

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Reuters Reporters To Face Trial In Myanmar After Covering Rohingya Massacre

1:28pm July 09, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Despite international outrage, a Myanmar court has ruled that a case can proceed against Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who were arrested while reporting on the killings of 10 Rohingya men last fall.

Ten Rohingya Muslim men kneel with their hands bound as members of the Myanmar security forces stand guard in Inn Din village on Sept. 2, 2017. The photo has been published as part of an extensive Reuters investigation into the massacre of the 10 men, who

Reuters Publishes Story Of Myanmar Massacre After 2 Journalists Arrested

6:39pm February 09, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been detained by Myanmar since December. Now you can read the story they were working on, describing in detail the killing of 10 Rohingya men by villagers and troops.

Reuters journalist Wa Lone is escorted by police as he leaves court Wednesday outside Yangon, Myanmar. He and U Kyaw Soe Oo, who had been investigating a possible mass grave in Rakhine state, stand accused of violating the Official Secrets Act and face up

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Reuters Reporters Face 14 Years In Prison After Myanmar Brings Formal Charges

3:33pm January 10, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Prosecutors say the two men violated Myanmar's Official Secrets Act in rheir reporting. The case, which comes as Myanmar stands accused of ethnic cleansing, has drawn widespread criticism.

U.S. Investigating Covert Chinese Radio Broadcast Network

6:23pm November 03, 2015

by Laura Wagner

The Federal Communications Commission has announced an investigation into a California firm after a Reuters report revealed that its radio broadcasts are backed by the Chinese government.