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Reuters journalists freed in Myanmar

Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis have been freed. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were released after a presidential amnesty.

Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis have been freed. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were released after a presidential amnesty. They spent more than 500 days in prison on the outskirts of Yangon.

(Picture: Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo gesture as they walk to Insein prison gate after being freed in a presidential amnesty in Myanmar/ Credit: ANN WANG/AFP/Getty Images)

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Tue 7 May 2019 09:06GMT

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