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Myanmar Military Intensifies Crackdown on Journalists With Newly Revised Law The military court recently sentenced two journalists under Section 505(a) of the Penal Code, just days after a US editor was arrested at the Yangon airport. Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger salute during a flash mob protest in Yangon, Myanmar June 3, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Stringer World10 hours ago New Delhi: Continuing with its crackdown on free press since it assumed power in a coup on February 1, the military court of Myanmar has sentenced two reporters under a draconian law that was recently revised to...

IFJ 21 April 2021 Myanmar: Military detains Japanese journalist The Myanmar military detained Japanese freelance journalist, Yuki Kitazumi in Yangon on April 18 for allegedly disseminating ‘fake news’. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemn the continued threat to journalists across Myanmar and calls for the immediate release of all detained journalists. Japanese journalist Yuki Kitazumi. Credit: Twitter Yuki Kitazumi, a freelance journalist and owner of Yangon Media Professionals, a media production company, was arrested at his home in Yangon and transferred to In...

‘Stop Represession in Myanmar, Release Journalist Thin Thin Aung and Others’ Statement Women, from all walks of life in India, have signed a statement for the release of women rights defender and journalist Thin Thin Aung along with other “illegally detained pro-democracy activists”. The statement released today reads: We, women human rights and democracy advocates, call for the Myanmar military coup council to immediately release woman rights defender and journalist Thin Thin Aung and other illegally detained pro-democracy activists. ‘ We appeal to the government, the internation...

'Release Thin Thin Aung': Women Activists Urge India, Global Stakeholders to Focus on Myanmar In a statement, activists have held that the journalist and pro-democracy activist is one among many held arbitrarily by the military in Myanmar. People march during a protest against the military coup in Dawei, Myanmar April 13, 2021. Photo: Courtesy of Dawei Watch/via Reuters World14/Apr/2021 New Delhi: Several prominent women rights advocates from all walks of life in India have released a statement urging the Myanmar military to release journalist and activist Thin Thin Aung and other illegally d...

When we see images of the Civil Disobedience Movement in Myanmar, we see the spectacular protests of hundreds of thousands of people pouring out into the streets of towns across the country. But we often forget that each person there, every person carrying a banner, every student giving the three-finger salute, every teenager singing a song for democracy has his or her own story of individual courage. Every protestor knows the dangers he or she face. They have seen their friends being shot and killed. Every day people are arrested and tortured and yet knowing that arrest, torture and detentio...