Arrested in Myanmar for Being Journalists

Demand Justice for These Journalists Sign the Petition › Dear friends, Two Reuters journalists are facing up to fourteen years in prison for reporting on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in December, and held without access to lawyers, family members or the outside world for two weeks. Take action now and demand their release. Journalism is a peaceful act of bringing information to light, and for the Rohingya crisis it is essential. The ongoing military campaign against Rohingya Muslims has been called “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing” by the United Nations. 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. Journalists in Myanmar don’t deserve to face harassment and intimidation: ask for the immediate release of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo 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. This pattern must stop now: ask the government of Myanmar to release Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo now. TAKE ACTION Margaret Huang Executive Director, Amnesty International © 2017 Amnesty International USA 5 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001 | 1-800-AMNESTY