Research Papers

Repeated Dark Age of News Media

A decade after Myanmar’s independence, the military administration, resulting from the first military take-over in 1958, banned privately owned Lu-Du (the People) and Kyae-Mone (the Mirror)…

January 7, 2022
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Flowers are Colorful But They Don’t Fight

‘Flowers are Colourful But They Don’t Fight’ is an invitation to embrace diversity and practise empathy towards people of all genders, beliefs, race, and ways of…

January 1, 2022
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Restriction on Internet Freedom by the Junta

Following the military coup on February 1, the fundamental human rights which are freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, and media freedom, including internet freedom of Myanmar…

December 20, 2021
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Walking through the Darkness:

How Myanmar Journalists Report under the Junta

December 10, 2021
Research Papers

Hell in 2021: Myanmar Under the Military Junta After the Coup

Myanmar saw 2020 as a worrying year preluding tremendous concerns and sufferings due to the global coronavirus pandemic as the country officially confirmed its first COVID-19…

December 6, 2021
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Situation of Peaceful Assembly In Myanmar for Six Months after the Coup

The right of peaceful assembly shall be recognized according to article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The right of peaceful…

August 9, 2021
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Dictatorship Oppresses Media Freedom

Media freedom in Myanmar has fallen into the darkness since the day of the military coup on the 1st of February. The coup council has been…

July 20, 2021
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Lockdown and Shutdown

Home to the world's longest running civil war, Myanmar has not had peace. The military junta which seized power through a coup in 1962, isolated and…

January 19, 2021
Research Papers

“A Chance to Fix in Time”

military regime established the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) to rule the country with tyrannical system, leading it to the absolute loss of free speech. The…

July 16, 2020
Research Papers

Analysis on Freedom of Expression Situation in Four Years under the Current Regime

The following figures are part of the key findings from Athan's forthcoming report "Freedom of Expression in Four Years under the Current Regime".

May 2, 2020