Topic - Wa Lone

Related Stories

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

Associated Press

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

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

Associated Press

Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo, center, talks to journalists as he leaves the court after their trial Monday, July. 30, 2018, Yangon, Myanmar. The two reporters, Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone, are accused of illegally possessing official information. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Myanmar journalist testifies he didn’t know about documents

By AUNG NAING SOE - Associated Press