Jailed for five months for being Journalists

Demand Justice for These Journalists Sign the Petition › Dear friends, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo --two Reuters journalists jailed for independently reporting on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar --have been in jail for five months now. People who work in journalism all over the world constantly put their lives on the line to gather information that can change lives.  This jailing of two journalists for five months is a violation and must stop: ask the government of Myanmar to release Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo now.  Myanmar authorities have banned United Nations investigators from entering the country, so journalists like Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo are essential to our global knowledge about the crisis in Myanmar.  Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been in jail for five months and are facing up to fourteen years in prison for reporting on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Ask for the immediate release of these two Reuters journalists now. There has been an erosion of the space for a free press in Myanmar, where journalists and other media workers face ongoing restrictions in connection with their work. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo’s arrest appears to be aimed at preventing them, as well as other journalists, from independently reporting on the Rohingya crisis.  Help us remind the government of Myanmar that press freedom is essential, and journalists like Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo must be released immediately.  TAKE ACTION Margaret Huang Executive Director  Amnesty International USA © 2017 Amnesty International USA 5 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001 | 1-800-AMNESTY