Update on Journalism and Media Safety in Myanmar : Jul – Sep 2025
Since the 2021 coup, 223 journalists have been arrested under Myanmar’s military regime. There have been 11 deaths of journalists reported under various circumstances since the coup.
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 junta and armed groups,…
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 in jail.
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 an organization or an…
Violation of Media Freedom in February 2025
In February 2025, 2 cases of lawless arrest of a journalist with the prosecution and brutal persecution of a convicted photojournalist in prison were found
Update on Journalism and Media Safety in Myanmar
Update on Journalism and Media Safety in Myanmar Highlights A former journalist, who has been in detention since late December 2023, was sentencedto three years in prison for incitement in…
Violation of Media Freedom in February 2024
In February 2021, there were two specific cases of violation of media freedom–one deceased and one arrested case in the previous month–reflecting the continuous pattern of restriction on Myanmar’s independent…
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 sentenced to 20 years…
1000 days have passed
The Myanmar military coup d'état, has been 1,000 days on October 28, 2023