BANGKOK, April 16 -- Two jailed reporters for the Reuters news agency have won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for revealing the massacre of 10 Rohingya men by Buddhist villagers and Myanmar security forces. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who have been jailed for 490 days in Myanmar for their role in uncovering the killings, won the prestigious award for international reporting on Monday. They were arrested in December 2017 and are serving a seven-year sentence for violating the country's colonial Official Secrets Act. "I'm thrilled that Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo and their colleagues have been recognised for their extraordinary, courageous coverage," Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen J Adler said. "I remain deeply distressed, however, that our brave reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo are still behind bars." Thomson Reuters CEO Jim Smith said the news service "won't be truly celebrating until Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo are free". The honourees, both Myanmar citizens, found a mass grave filled with bones sticking out of the ground. They went on to gather testimony from perpetrators, witnesses and families of victims. Journalists Maggie Michael, Maad al-Zikry and Nariman El-Mofty of the Associated Press agency also won the same award for their coverage of famine and torture during Yemen's civil war. The Reuters staff bagged a second prize for photographs of Central American migrants seeking refuge in the United States. In other categories, coverage of mass shootings in the US and investigations into US President Donald Trump featured prominently. The Washington Post was a finalist for the public service medal for its coverage of the murder of Saudi journalist and Post columnist Jamal Khassoggi inside the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul.
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