Two Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters reporters have been freed from a Myanmar prison after spending more than 500 days behind bars
By Shibani Mahtani Shibani Mahtani Reporter covering Southeast Asia Email Bio Follow May 6 at 11:15 PM HONG KONG — Two Pulitzer-winning Reuters journalists held in Myanmar for over 500 days for their coverage of the crackdown on Rohingya Muslims were freed from jail Tuesday, their news agency reported, citing witnesses at the prison.
The pair have been bestowed with multiple honors and awards over their investigation into a massacre of Rohingya Muslims, the story they were working on at the time of their arrest. These include the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting, which they won in April. Their release comes after months of sustained international pressure, including from the U.S. government, the United Nations and many others. Myanmar’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, had so far appeared unwilling to free the journalists, saying publicly that they had broken the law and were not jailed for their work as reporters.
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