Reporting from the Darkness: Journalism and Media in Myanmar
2023 Q4 and Annual Report Summary and trends This annual report for 2023 covers some of the main developments, trends, and highlights relating to the safety…
Update on Journalism and Media in Myanmar (July-Sep)
Highlights Three journalists were arrested and one photojournalist was convicted under Myanmar’smilitary regime during July to September 2023. This photojournalist, who works for Myanmar Now, was…
Myanmar and Its Vanishing Freedom of Expression:The Situation of Freedom of Expression After TwoYears of the Military Coup
Research Findings People’s Understandings of Freedom of Expression This section of the report delves into the participants’ understandings of freedom of expression, asconveyed during the interviews,…
Update on Journalism and Media in Myanmar
For the first half (Jan-Jun) of 2023, Myanmar's military junta continued the heavy restriction on media freedom by arresting journalists and revoking media licenses.
Analyzing Freedom of Expression Online (Facebook Social Media) in Myanmar Post-Coup
Since the 1962 military coup, freedom of expression has been restricted bylaws and full practice has been erased.
Disconnections and Vanishing Rights
In the wake of the military attempted coup on February 1st, 2021, the military in Myanmar has utilized both short and long-term internet outages to cut…
Death penalty in Myanmar; How the Junta Misused the Name of Jurisdiction to Murder Oppositions
In Myanmar, until now, the brutal army has been accusing people who have different political opinions and killing them. We believe that labeling such behavior as…
A Glance into Myanmar’s Suffering
The right to freedom of peaceful assembly is primarily related to the right to freedom of expression. Many international treaties including ICCPR protect the right to…
Internet Access Amid Darkness and Lives Amid Threats
Internet access is a crucial medium of communication in promoting democratic rights, human rights, and the right to freedom of expression.
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)…