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Myanmar media
November 15, 2022
Media Watchdog Nominates Southeast Asian Journalists for Annual Prize
By Sebastian Strangio
Han Thar Nyein of Myanmar and Lady Ann Salem of the Philippines have been shortlisted for their efforts to hold corrupt and repressive governments to account.
November 02, 2022
Myanmar Junta Revokes License for Leading Exile Media Outlet
By Sebastian Strangio
The coup government's Ministry of Information said that The Irrawaddy has endangered "state security, rule of law, and public tranquility."
October 13, 2022
Another Sorry Week for Press Freedoms in Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio
Since the coup of February 2021, the country has become a worse jailer of journalists than China.
September 16, 2022
Myanmar Junta Sentences Journalist to 3 Years Prison
By Sebastian Strangio
Htet Htet Khine presented a popular Burmese-language television program produced by BBC Media Action.
April 14, 2022
Myanmar the Third-Largest Jailer of Writers in the World, Report Says
By Sebastian Strangio
The military coup and ensuing crackdown on dissent has snapped shut the limited openness of Myanmar's decade of reform.
December 15, 2021
Photojournalist Killed in Custody in Myanmar Amid Press Crackdown
By Sebastian Strangio
Reporters Without Borders estimates that 53 journalists remain in the military's custody.
December 14, 2021
Myanmar’s Media Adapts to the World’s Harshest Oppression
By Philip Smucker
Inside the country, and in exile, Myanmar’s free media organizations strive to get the story out despite a brutal crackdown.
September 01, 2021
Family Vows to Win Freedom of US Journalist Held in Myanmar
By Mike Householder
Danny Fenster is one of dozens of journalists who have been detained since the military's seizure of power in February.
July 01, 2021
Activists, Journalists Included in Myanmar Prisoner Release
By Grant Peck
The military gave no reason for the sudden release of prisoners, which included many detained since its February coup.
July 01, 2021
Don’t Call Me Junta: Myanmar’s Military Government Warns Foreign Press
By Sebastian Strangio
The junta's warning is the likely prelude to further crackdowns and restrictions on the press.
May 25, 2021
Digging In, Myanmar’s Military Junta Detains US Journalist
By Sebastian Strangio
The arrest of Danny Fenster is a sign that the military is preparing to weather a long period of alienation from the West.
May 14, 2021
Myanmar Will Free Japanese Journalist as Gesture to Tokyo
By Associated Press
State media announced that Kitazumi Yuki would be released "in view of the close ties and future relations between Myanmar and Japan."
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