(7 May 2019) The Editor-in-chief Steve Adler has welcomed the release of two Reuters journalists who were imprisoned for breaking Myanmar's Official Secrets Act over reporting on security forces' abuses of Rohingya Muslims.
"Since their arrest five hundred and eleven days ago they have become symbols of the importance of press freedom around the world," Adler said, speaking in New York City.
The convictions of Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, had drawn condemnation from rights groups, Western governments and press associations, and the two journalists had garnered several awards and other honors.
In April, they shared with their Reuters colleagues the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, one of journalism's highest honors.
The two were freed after President Win Myint issued a blanket pardon for 6,520 prisoners, said Zaw Zaw, chief of Insein Prison in the country's largest city, Yangon.

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