Question: The two journalist who recently came out of Myanmar`s jail belonged to which news agency?
(a) BBC
(b) Aljazeera
(c) Zee News
(d) Reuters
Answer: (d)
Related facts:
- Two Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo jailed in Myanmar were freed on 7th May, 2019 after spending more than 500 days.
- They were freed along with 6,520 prisoners as part of amnesties granted by the President on the occasion of New Year in Myanmar.
- The journalists were arrested in December 2017.
- They had been convicted in September 2018 and sentenced to seven years jail for breaking the country’s secrets law for their journalistic investigation on the military’s brutal crackdown and killings of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state. These killings took place in August 2017.
- As per U.N. estimates, this operation sent more than 730,000 Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh.
- Earlier on 2 May 2019, they were conferred the prestigious UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2019.The award recognizes their exceptional courage in reporting on alleged human rights violations in the state of Rakhine, Myanmar.
Links:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-journalists/two-reuters-reporters-jailed-in-myanmar-freed-after-more-than-500-days-idUSKCN1SD056
http://time.com/5585833/reuters-wa-lone-kyaw-soe-oo-myanmar-guardians/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48182712