美國關注在緬甸被逮捕的兩名記者
The U.S. Embassy in Myanmar has said it is concerned about two Reuters journalists who were arrested three days ago in the country.
The embassy said in a statement Friday that there has been no word from Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, since their arrest, and authorities have not allowed their families to visit.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis told reporters Friday that the U.S. is concerned anytime reporters are arrested for doing their jobs.
Reuters President Stephen Adler released a statement Wednesday saying Reuters is "outraged" by a "blatant attack on press freedom."
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the arrests are a signal that press freedom is shrinking in Myanmar. He said the international community must do all it can to get them released.
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were working on stories about a military crackdown on Rakhine state, home to the ethnic minority Rohingya. A military crackdown in that area has driven an estimated 600,000 Rohingya Muslims into neighboring United Nations has called the crackdown "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing."
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo went missing Tuesday after being invited to dinner with police officials on the northern outskirts of the capital, Yangon. Myanmar's Ministry of Information said the reporters "Illegally acquired information with the intention to share it with foreign media."
The ministry has released a photo of the two men in handcuffs, although it has not officially notified Reuters of their status. A court official in Yangon told Reuters the men could be held for as long as 28 days without being charged.美國駐緬甸大使館表示關注兩名路透社記者3天前在緬甸被逮捕的事件。
美國大使館星期五發布聲明說，自從31歲的瓦龍（Wa Lone）與27歲的覺梭（Kyaw Soe Oo）被逮捕以來，始終沒有得到有關他們的任何消息，他們的家人也未獲準探視。
美國國防部長馬蒂斯星期五對記者說，美國關注所有因從事其職業而被逮捕的新聞記者。
路透社總裁阿德勒星期三發表聲明，說路透社對這一肆無忌憚踐踏新聞自由的事件萬分憤慨。
聯合國祕書長古特雷斯星期四說，逮捕事件顯示，緬甸的新聞自由在減少。他說，國際社會必須盡力幫助被逮捕的記者獲釋。
瓦龍和覺梭兩人被捕前在採編有關緬甸軍隊在若開邦進行鎮壓的新聞。緬甸的少數族裔羅興亞人在若開邦生活。軍方的鎮壓迫使大約60萬羅興亞人逃到鄰國孟加拉。聯合國稱在若開邦的鎮壓爲典型的種族清洗。
瓦龍和覺梭星期二應邀到仰光郊區和警察官員共進晚餐後失蹤。緬甸新聞部說，這兩人有意與外國媒體分享非法獲得的信息。
緬甸新聞部發布了兩人戴着手銬的照片，但是沒有正式通知路透社這兩人的情況。仰光一位法院官員對路透社說，這兩人可以在不被起訴的情況下被拘留28天。
