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YANGON, MYANMAR - Post-coup Myanmar has proven a difficult place for journalists to operate. Ten months after the February coup that overthrew the elect

Journalists know they can be arrested without reason by the authorities

Myanmar’s Journalists Mark World Press Freedom Day in Hiding, Exile, Detention A journalist covers a crackdown on an anti-regime demonstration in Mandalay in February. / The Irrawaddy 328 By The Irrawaddy 3 May 2021 It would not be overstating the case to say that press freedom has been completely extinguished in Myanmar, with almost all independent journalists forced to work undercover, their newsrooms closed, living with the daily threat of raids, arrest, violence and lawsuits. Since the ...

Two Mandalay Journalists Seized by Myanmar Junta Forces Ko Nay Myo Lin (left) and Ko Shine Aung (right) 7.1k By The Irrawaddy 30 April 2021 Two journalists from the Mandalay-based news agency, the Voice of Myanmar, were detained by the military regime on April 27, bringing the numbers of detained journalists to 43. Editor in chief Ko Nay Myo Linn and reporter Ko Shine Aung were seized by junta forces and taken to the army camp at Mandalay’s palace, according to a relative. Relatives have n...