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Myanmar press freedom

January 31, 2023
Myanmar: Last Chance Before the Final Curtain Drops
By Emilie Lehmann-Jacobsen
New crises have distracted international attention from the country right at the time that it is needed the most.

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.

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.

May 03, 2021
The Military Junta Has Driven Myanmar’s Journalists Back Underground
By Sebastian Strangio
While deploying violence in the streets, the generals have been unrelenting in their attacks on the country's journalists.

May 03, 2019
Southeast Asia, the Frontline for a Free Press
By Ming Yu Hah
The battle for a free press is being fought everywhere. One of its most perilous frontlines is Southeast Asia.

March 27, 2019
Myanmar Supreme Court Will Rule on Reuters Journalists’ Case
By Associated Press
The court has agreed to decide on an appeal filed by the journalists’ lawyers.

February 08, 2019
Darkness Gathers in Myanmar
By Jeff Kingston
The government’s crackdowns on free speech and the media have Aung San Suu Kyi’s former supporters in despair.

August 10, 2017
Myanmar's Media in Chains
By Libby Hogan
Myanmar has a new democratic government. So why are journalists being treated like criminals?

June 30, 2017
Remembering Lawi Weng, Imprisoned Myanmar Journalist
By Scott Ezell
"Lawi is now in danger of becoming a victim of the same state terrorism he has fought to uncover and resist."

November 24, 2015
Myanmar: Elections and the Media
By Vishal Arora
The editor of The Irrawaddy shares his thoughts on the implications of the recent elections.
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