Reuters journalists Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo and their colleagues accepted their Pulitzer Prize in the International Reporting category in New York on Tuesday. Earlier this month, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were released from prison in Myanmar after serving more than 500 days behind bars.

Newly freed from prison in Myanmar, Reuters journalists accept Pulitzer Prize

Myanmar has granted early release to seven soldiers jailed for the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys during a 2017 military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine, two prison officials, two former fellow inmates and one of the soldiers told Reuters.

Myanmar soldiers jailed for Rohingya killings freed after less than a year

Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon.

'I can't wait to go back to my newsroom': Reuters reporter Wa Lone as he walks free from Myanmar prison

The UN on Tuesday praised the release of two Reuters journalists jailed for reporting on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar but warned that freedom of expression remains heavily restricted in the country.

Freedom of expression in Myanmar still 'dire': UN

Myanmar's Supreme Court was scheduled on Tuesday to hear the appeal of two Reuters journalists imprisoned for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, in a case that has raised questions about Myanmar's progress towards democracy.

Myanmar's top court to hear Reuters reporters' appeal in official secrets case

One of the major upheavals in South Asia this year was the jailing of two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. The journalists were detained in Myanmar since December 12, 2017.

Reuters reporters imprisonment: When Myanmar’s progress towards democracy was put to question

Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen J Adler called upon Myanmar to release two Reuters journalists on the anniversary of their arrests on. "A year ago, Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in a setup by police intended to interfere with the reporting on a massacre in Myanmar.

Reuters editor-in-chief calls for journalists' release on year anniversary of arrests

Groups representing journalists and lawyers in Myanmar handed a letter to the country's president on Friday outlining their concerns over the jailing of two Reuters reporters convicted of breaking state secrets laws.

Myanmar journalists, lawyers raise concerns over jailing of Reuters reporters

Two Myanmar Reuters journalists will file an appeal this week against a seven-year prison sentence linked to reporting on the Rohingya crisis, their defence lawyer said Monday.

Jailed Myanmar Reuters reporters to file appeal

A Whatsapp message was sent from the mobile phone of journalist Wa Lone after he and colleague Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested on Dec 12 and held incommunicado on suspicion of violating the Official Secrets Act, the defence told the court

Myanmar lawyer says evidence from reporters' phones may be 'tainted'

Wa Lone's and Kyaw Soe Oo's family accepted the award on their behalf.

PEN America honors Reuters journalists with Barbey Freedom to Write Award

Captain Moe Yan Naing told the court on April 20 that a senior officer had ordered police to 'trap' one of the two journalists arrested in December

Myanmar policeman who testified Reuters reporters were framed is sentenced to prison: Police

A court in Yangon has been holding preliminary hearings since January to decide whether Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, will be charged under the colonial-era Officials Secrets Act, which carries a maximum penalty of 14 years in prison.

Rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent reporters held in Myanmar

Myanmar policeman who arrested Reuters reporters tells court he burnt his notes

The authorisation was given by Myanmar`s civilian President Htin Kyaw, a close ally of government leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar government says case against Reuters journalists can proceed

A spokesman for Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi confirmed that the two journalists had been arrested.

Two journalists arrested in Myanmar, face official secrets charges

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