Reuters Journalists

Myanmar's top court rejects final appeal by jailed Reuters journalists

Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, have spent more than 16 months in detention since they were arrested in December 2017 while investigating the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys in Rakhine state.

Reuters reporters to face trial in Myanmar

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo Wa Lone are accused of possessing sensitive material linked to army operations in Rakhine state. The pair were working on the atrocities committed against Muslim Rohingya, of whom 700,000 have fled to Bangladesh.

Seven Myanmar soldiers sentenced to 10 years for Rohingya massacre

Myanmar soldiers executed the 10 Muslim men in Inn Din village on September 2, before dumping their bodies into a mass grave. The bloody incident is the only atrocity to which the military has admitted during its violent crackdown in Rakhine state.