US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday called for the release of all jailed journalists after Myanmar freed two Reuters journalists who had reported on the Rohingya crisis.

Pompeo calls for release of all jailed journalists in Myanmar

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 on Tuesday after spending more than 500 days behind bars, witnesses said.

Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar freed from prison

Myanmar's top court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the Official Secrets Act, in a landmark case that has raised questions about the country's transition to democracy.

Myanmar's top court rejects final appeal by jailed Reuters journalists

Myanmar's Supreme Court on Tuesday was scheduled to hear the appeal of two Reuters journalists Wa Lone, 32 and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28. The two reporters were arrested in December 2017, while investigating a massacre of Rohingya Muslim civilians involving Myanmar soldiers.

Myanmar's Supreme Court to hear jailed Reuters reporters' appeal

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

Reporters will be the guests of honour at the New Year`s Eve party in New York`s Times Square on Monday, in what organizers said was a celebration of press freedom after an unusually deadly year for journalists at US news outlets.

New Year's Eve party in Times Square to cheer for press freedom

To mark one year since the arrest of two Myanmar Reuters journalist there will be a protest in Yangon on Wednesday. Supporters will gather in downtown Yangon Wednesday afternoon as Reuters invites people from around the world to post photos on social media of the "thumbs up" gesture that became a symbol of the pair's court appearances.

Rally to mark one year since arrest of Myanmar Reuters journalists

The murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi and other journalists have been named Time magazine's "Person of the Year". The other journalists include Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, a fierce critic of Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo -- currently imprisoned in Myanmar -- and the staff of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, including five members killed in a June shooting.

Jamal Khashoggi is Time magazine's 'Person of the Year'

A Myanmar court will hear the appeal later this month of two Reuters journalists jailed for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis, a lawyer said Saturday. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were found guilty under a state secrets act in September after exposing the extrajudicial killing of 10 Rohingya men during a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar's western Rakhine state last year.

Myanmar court to hear jailed reporters appeal this month

Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney appealed to Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday over a pardon for two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar, saying the Nobel laureate held the key to their release.

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney appeals to Suu Kyi for reporters' release