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Half of Journalists Arrested Since Myanmar Coup Remain in Detention

AFP
Nearly half of the 87 journalists arrested by Myanmar’s junta in the five months since its staged a coup on Feb. 1 remain in detention, mostly on charges of defamation, prompting their colleagues, family members, and media watchdogs to call for their immediate release Thursday.
According to reporting by RFA’s Myanmar Service, 31 reporters were released prior to June 30 when the junta declared a general amnesty and freed 2,300 prisoners from the country’s jails, including another 14 journalists. The Ayeyarwaddy Times’ Maubin correspondent Aung Mya Than—one of the 14 freed in the amnesty—was rearrested on July 10, leaving a total of 43 domestic and international reporters currently in detention.

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Myanmar's military junta releases 2,200 prisoners

Myanmar's military junta releases 2,200 prisoners
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Myanmar Junta Frees Political Prisoners and Journalists

Myanmar Junta Frees Political Prisoners and Journalists
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Aid in Danger Bi-Weekly News Brief, 05-18 May 2021 - World

Aid in Danger Bi-Weekly News Brief, 05-18 May 2021
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01 January-20 April 2021 Aid Worker KKA is now available on our website or HDX. Insecurity Insight continuously updates data on aid workers killed, kidnapped or arrested (KKA). Updated data includes new and historic reports identified in open-sources and verified security incidents submitted by Aid in Danger partner agencies.
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Aid workers kidnapped in 2020
Most kidnappings involved one aid worker or small groups of up to three.
National aid workers were the target of kidnappings in 69% of reported kidnapping incidents. There were seven reports of international aid workers being kidnapped.

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Myanmar Regime Hunts Down Prominent Critics

Myanmar Regime Hunts Down Prominent Critics
Myanmar Regime Hunts Down Prominent Critics
Clockwise from top left: actor Pyay Ti Oo, actress Eaindra Kyaw Zin, actor Ye Tike, Ma Su Zarli Shein, women rights defender Daw Thin Thin Aung and monk Yaypu Sayadaw.
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By The Irrawaddy 11 April 2021
Some of Myanmar’s prominent actors, artists, activists, media personalities, doctors and Buddhist monks are among those recently detained, charged and sentenced by the military regime.
The junta issues a daily list of arrest warrants against its critics.
According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, which tracks detentions, the regime had detained more than 3,000 people by April 10 and issued arrest warrants for 656 people.

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A fragile ecosystem - The Hindu

To encourage critical enquiry, journalism must constantly remind citizens of the troubled past and difficult battles

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