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About 10 journalists were among the 2,153 political prisoners released to celebrate Buddha Day

Myanmar remains under military rule more than two years after the coup. Most local journalists have fled the country and are continuing to work in exile. They have urged stronger international support for their survival.

Independent outlets have been shut down or forced out, while the junta cultivates dozens of mouthpieces at home.   

Successive dictators have appointed trusted confidants to lead their spy agencies, which act to entrench military rule through brutal repression of the population.

Once feared across the country, the regime’s military intelligence office is now believed to be much less capable than before.

We stand in solidarity with Rappler CEO Maria Ressa speaking in Oslo, Norway, as “representative of every journalist who is forced to sacrifice so much to hold the line, to stay true to our values and mission to bring (you) the truth and hold power to account.”

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa listed India among countries threatened by ‘surveillance capitalism’ of social media.

Acceptance speech at the Nobel Peace Prize award in Oslo.

We need to help journalism survive, first by giving greater protection to journalists and standing up against States targeting journalists.

Nobel Lecture given by Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2021 Maria Ressa in Oslo on 10 December 2021.