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Reuters journalists Wa Lone, left, and Kyaw She Oo, third left, wave as they walk out from Insein Prison after being released in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, May 7, 2019. The chief of Yangon's Insein Prison said two Reuters journalists who were imprisoned for breaking the country's Officials Secrets Act have been released. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Myanmar frees Reuters reporters jailed for Secrecy Act crime

By Aung Naing Soe and Grant Peck - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo, Aretha Franklin performs at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. Franklin is still getting R.E.S.P.E.C.T. after death: The Queen of Soul received the Pulitzer Prize Special Citation honor Monday, April 15, 2019, becoming the first individual woman to earn a special citation prize since the honor was first awarded in 1930. Franklin, 76, died at her home in Detroit on Aug. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Shea Walsh, File)

The Latest: Reuters: We’ll celebrate when reporters are free

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Pan Ei Mon, wife of Reuters journalist Wa Lone, carries her baby on arrival at the Supreme Court in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Myanmar Supreme Court is expected to rule on appeal to overturn conviction of two Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of violating Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar Supreme Court agrees to rule on journalists’ appeal

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Activists holding signs with the Time Magazine cover showing wives of two Reuters journalists stand during a rally to mark one year anniversary of their arrest, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, in front of city hall in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Myanmar rally urges release of ‘Person of Year’ journalists

By MIN KYI THEIN - Associated Press

International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney answers a question during a conference called &quot;Press Behind Bars: Undermining Justice and Democracy,&quot; at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. Left is Joel Simon, Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, and right center is Steven J. Adler, President and Editor-in-Chief of Reuters. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Amal Clooney: Pardon Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

Pan Ei Mon, wife of a Reuters journalist Wa Lone, talks to media during a press briefing at a hotel in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. A Myanmar court sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison Monday on charges of illegal possession of official documents, a ruling met with international condemnation that will add to outrage over the military’s human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Pence calls on Myanmar to free 2 Reuters reporters

By AUNG NAING SOE - Associated Press

Reuters journalist Wa Lone, center, talks to journalists as he is escorted by police to leave a court in Yangon, Myanmar Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. The court in Myanmar has sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison for illegal possession of official documents, a ruling that comes as international criticism mounts over the military's alleged human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Myanmar court sentences Reuters reporters to 7 years in jail

By Victoria Milko and Aung Naing Soe - Associated Press

Reuters journalist Wa Lone, center, is escorted by polices upon arrival at the court Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, in Yangon, Myanmar. A Myanmar court sentenced two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, to seven years in prison Monday for illegal possession of official documents, a ruling that comes as international criticism mounts over the military's alleged human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

The Latest: US ambassador condemns reporter convictions

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