Amal Clooney urges Aung San Suu Kyi to pardon Reuters journalists

Human rights lawyer calls on Myanmar’s Nobel peace laureate to step in to ‘correct an injustice’

Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has appealed to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to pardon two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar, saying the Nobel peace laureate held the key to their release.

Clooney, speaking at a press freedom event at the United Nations, sought to link the former iconic status of Suu Kyi as a human rights champion to the request for the release of Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, and Wa Lone, 32.

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