Research Papers

Update on Journalism and Media Safety in Myanmar (April-June 2025)

Update on Journalism and Media Safety in Myanmar (April-June 2025) Press freedom in Myanmar remains under severe threat, with journalists facing convictions, intimidation from both the…

September 11, 2025
Research Papers

Update on Journalism and Media Safety in Myanmar

By the end of March 2025 – just as the country marked the fourth anniversary of the military coup of February 2021 – 60 journalists remained…

June 7, 2025
Research Papers

“The Vanishing Culture of the Right to Peaceful Protest

An analysis of the (possible) reasons for the decline in public participation in nonviolent movements and peaceful protests, based on data from February 2024 and February…

June 4, 2025
Research Papers

Analysis of Counter-Terrorism Law and Its Impact on Press Freedom

In the interim, the 1994 United Nations Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, which was adopted by General Assembly resolution 49/60, designates crimes committed by…

May 5, 2025
Research Papers

Journalism and Media Safety in Myanmar

This annual report for 2024 covers developments, trends and highlights relating to the safety of Myanmar journalists, as well as the news and media environment under…

March 4, 2025
Research Papers

Repression of Communication and Digital Rights Situation in Myanmar

Forbidding Social Media and Internet Websites Three days after the military’s attempted coup in 2021, on the 3rd of February, the Ministry of Transportation and Communication…

December 28, 2024
Press Release

Civil society support for the application by the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court for an arrest warrant against Min Aung Hlaing

Civil society support for the application by the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court for an arrest warrant against Min Aung Hlaing Your…

December 9, 2024
Press Release

Civil society urges GANHRI members to remove the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission  (MNHRC)

GANHRI recommends the removal of the accreditation status of the junta-controlled Commission [9 December 2024] The CSO Working Group on Independent National Human Rights Institution (Burma/Myanmar)…

December 9, 2024
Research Papers

“Censored Voices” The Situation of the Freedom of Expression in Myanmar

The Situation of the Freedom of Expression in Myanmar (1) Introduction 1.1 Research Background and Problems Myanmar society acknowledges Freedom of Expression as the most basic…

November 30, 2024
Research Papers

Update on Journalism and Media Safety in Myanmar: July-September 2024

A citizen journalist was sentenced to 27 years in prison after being charged with contacting the People's Defence Forces (PDF).

November 26, 2024