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April 23, 2019

Burma's High Court Upholds 7-Year Sentences for Pulitzer-Winning Journalists
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Burma's Supreme Court has rejected the final appeal of a pair of Reuters
reporters imprisoned for reporting on the systematic expulsion and
murder of Rohingya Muslims from Burma in 2017. Just last week, reporters
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were honored with a Pulitzer Prize for their