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Freedom after 500 days: Timeline of case against 2 Reuters Myanmar journalists

Freedom after 500 days: Timeline of case against 2 Reuters Myanmar...

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were released as part of an amnesty of 6,520 prisoners by President Win Myint.

7 May 2019 10:48 AM IST

The two reporters, Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, had been convicted in September and sentenced to seven years in jail. (Photo: AFP)

Myanmar releases 2 Reuters journalists after over 500 days in jail

Reuters has said the two men did not commit any crime and had called for their release.

7 May 2019 9:45 AM IST

Win Myint, 66, is a Suu Kyi loyalist of many years and a stalwart member of her National League for Democracy, an affiliation which earned him a brief spell as a political prisoner more than two decades ago under the previous military government. (Photo: AP)

Myanmar parliament elects Suu Kyi loyalist Win Myint as new president

Myanmar's military ruled for 50 yrs during which it was blamed of widespread abuses before partly handing power to a...

28 March 2018 12:57 PM IST