Reuters Reporters Released from Myanmar Prison
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In Myanmar, Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were released from prison by presidential pardon on Tuesday. The reporters were arrested in 2017 while investigating the killing of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State. The plight of the Pulitzer-prize-winning pair gained international attention as an indicator of the limits on freedom of expression and democratic rights in Myanmar.
特赦 presidential pardon
陷害 to frame
滥权 abuse of power
打压 to suppress
身陷囹圄 to be in prison
特赦 presidential pardon
陷害 to frame
濫權 abuse of power
打壓 to suppress
身陷囹圄 to be in prison
两名《路透社》缅甸记者获总统特赦令，被释放出狱。两人被判刑入狱后，引发国际强烈抗议缅甸对新闻自由和民主人权的打压。
瓦隆和吴觉梭于2017年，因调查10名罗兴亚人在缅甸若开邦遭杀害事件而遭逮捕。
检察官指控两人违反「政府机密法」，散播国家安全相关的敏感资讯。
两名记者则声称当局因不满两人报导，设局陷害他们。
缅甸军方于2017年8月在罗兴亚武装分子攻击警察哨所后，对罗兴亚穆斯林展开反击行动。
根据「美国有线电视新闻网」（CNN）的报导，逾720,000名罗兴亚人因此涌入孟加拉以逃离军方的暴行，包括滥权屠杀、强暴等。
联合国官员、人权倡导者和世界各国外交人员都已谴责缅甸军方对其境内穆斯林少数族群的打压。
瓦隆和吴觉梭身陷囹圄之际，因其罗兴亚穆斯林遭屠害的调查报导，获普立兹新闻奖。
兩名《路透社》緬甸記者獲總統特赦令，被釋放出獄。兩人被判刑入獄後，引發國際強烈抗議緬甸對新聞自由和民主人權的打壓。
瓦隆和吳覺梭於2017年，因調查10名羅興亞人在緬甸若開邦遭殺害事件而遭逮捕。
檢察官指控兩人違反「政府機密法」，散播國家安全相關的敏感資訊。
兩名記者則聲稱當局因不滿兩人報導，設局陷害他們。
緬甸軍方於2017年8月在羅興亞武裝分子攻擊警察哨所後，對羅興亞穆斯林展開反擊行動。
根據「美國有線電視新聞網」（CNN）的報導，逾720,000名羅興亞人因此湧入孟加拉以逃離軍方的暴行，包括濫權屠殺、強暴等。
聯合國官員、人權倡導者和世界各國外交人員都已譴責緬甸軍方對其境內穆斯林少數族群的打壓。
瓦隆和吳覺梭身陷囹圄之際，因其羅興亞穆斯林遭屠害的調查報導，獲普立茲新聞獎。
In Myanmar, two Reuters journalists, whose imprisonment sparked international outcry against the suppression of press freedom and democratic rights, were released by presidential pardon on Tuesday.
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in 2017 while investigating the murder of 10 Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State.
Prosecutors alleged that the pair were spreading sensitive national-security-related information in violation of the Official Secrets Act.
The journalists claimed that government authorities framed them because authorities were upset by the men’s reporting.
The Myanmar military launched its offensive against Rohingya Muslims in August 2017 after Rohingya militants attacked police posts.
Over 720,000 Rohingyas have since had to flee to Bangladesh to escape the violence of the counterinsurgency, which has allegedly involved unchecked killing and rape, CNN reported.
U.N. officials, human rights advocates, and diplomats have condemned the Myanmar military’s brutal campaign against the Muslim minority group.
While in jail, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo received the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for their investigation into the killing of the Rohingya Muslims.
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