Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in December 2017 and later charged with violating the country’s colonial-era secrets act. Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo celebrate with their children after being freed from prison Tuesday. Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, also has a young daughter. Yet her government has instead clamped down on free expression and continued to use archaic and widely-criticized laws to imprison those like Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. Read more:Aung San Suu Kyi could release two jailed journalists.

Source: Washington Post May 07, 2019 03:10 UTC