Amal Clooney Stumps For Detained Reporters, Outfit Dissection Follows

Within minutes of her arrival at the United Nations, Amal Clooney headlines were appearing online. Vogue was comparing a paparazzi photo of her caped shift dress to an outfit of Meghan Markle’s, managing to squeeze the new royal’s name in the same line of SEO; PopSugar made sure to write that Clooney’s outfit “elongated her frame;” The Daily Mail said she was stepping out to “an event” at the U.N. (because it’s so glamorous) before breaking down her look. Although Clooney, a relatively chic career lawyer, has admitted the increased profile that comes with an incredibly famous husband can have a halo effect on the profile of her human rights work, that halo seems to have been somewhat dimmed for this outing. But while these outlets focused on the minutiae of Clooney’s appearance (the shoes, bag and coat all matched! A black manicure!) she fixated on her cause. The “event” at the U.N. was in reality a panel to discuss the increased incarceration of journalists worldwide, including two Reuters reporters she currently represents, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. Lone and Soe Oo were set up, jailed and convicted over their investigation into the mass murder of male Rohingya refugees by state security forces

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