Myanmar has freed 2 Pulitzer-winning Reuters journalists from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon, after they'd spent more than 500 days behind bars, the news agency first reported Monday.
Why it matters: Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act in September and sentenced to 7 years in jail, in a case denounced by rights groups who said the pair were imprisoned for doing their jobs. They were arrested in December, 2017, while investigating the deaths of 10 Rohingya Muslims.
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The big picture: The journalists were freed Tuesday morning, as part of a blanket presidential pardon for 6,520 prisoners, per AP.
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