.Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been imprisoned in Myanmar since Dec. 12, 2017. Their case was today included in the ‘10 Most Urgent List’ by the One Free Press Coalition, which Reuters has joined:
Convicted under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act following their investigation into a security force massacre of Rohingya men and boys in western Rakhine State. Their appeal was rejected in January and the final appeal will take place at the end of the month.The veteran investigative reporter has endured kidnapping, illegal surveillance, psychological torture and has been exiled.
As editor of the Juba Monitor, Anna Nimiriano fights to keep her colleagues out of jail for their reporting, and has in the past been ordered by the government to shut down the paper. She perseveres despite arrest threats and constant censorship against she and her colleagues.Pelin Unker wrote a piece as part of the Paradise Papers in 2017 revealing offshore holdings of the family of then-Prime Minister of Turkey Binali Yıldırım.
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