House of Representatives Calls for Immediate Release of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo
December 13, 2018
December 13, 2018
NEW YORK, Dec. 13 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
The U.S. House of Representatives adopted by vote of 394 to 1 House Resolution 1091 today, calling for the immediate release of 2018 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award recipients Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, journalists for Reuters who were doing their jobs reporting on atrocities committed by the Burmese military in 2017. The resolution also condemns acts of genocide against the Rohingya, the minority Muslim community u . . .
The U.S. House of Representatives adopted by vote of 394 to 1 House Resolution 1091 today, calling for the immediate release of 2018 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award recipients Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, journalists for Reuters who were doing their jobs reporting on atrocities committed by the Burmese military in 2017. The resolution also condemns acts of genocide against the Rohingya, the minority Muslim community u . . .