Associated Press and Reuters win Pulitzer Prizes for international reporting while New York Times and Wall Street Journal win for their separate investigations of US President Trump and his family
Detained Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone escorted by police as they leave after a court hearing in Yangon, Myanmar. August 20, 2018.
A team of Associated Press journalists has won a Pulitzer Prize in international reporting for their work documenting torture, graft and starvation in Yemen's brutal civil war.Reporter Maggie Michael, photographer Nariman El Mofty and videographer Maad al Zikry spent a year uncovering atrocities and suffering in Yemen.
In a series of stories, they told of how people in parts of Yemen were reduced to eating leaves while corrupt officials diverted international food aid. Reuters also won for international reporting for work that cost two of its staffers their liberty: shedding light on a brutal crackdown on Rohingya Muslims by security forces in Buddhist-majority Myanmar.
Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo are serving a seven-year sentence after being convicted of violating the country's Official Secrets Act. Their supporters say the two were framed in retaliation for their reporting.
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