The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has warned that journalists in Myanmar are under increasing attack. In the following commentary by Shuan Crispin, the CPJ Senior Southeast Asia Representative, CPJ assesses the difficulties faced by journalists.
The Committee to Protect Journalists' annual prison census has found that at least 42 journalists were imprisoned in Myanmar for their reporting as of 1 December.
Myanmar authorities should release three Kanbawza Tai News journalists recently sentenced to prison for their work and drop all charges against them, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.