March 15, 2019
Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who have been sentenced to seven years in jail in Myanmar, were on Friday included in a list of 10 most urgent cases of journalists whose global press freedoms are being abused or whose situations demand justice.
Detained Reuters journalist Wa Lone leaves the court in Yangon, Myanmar August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Wang
The list, which will be updated each month, was put together by the One Free Press Coalition, a new group formed by leading news organizations to spotlight journalists under attack globally.