Myanmar journalists

News
05 May 2023
NUG’s Dr Sasa praises the brave journalists reporting in Myanmar
News
05 May 2023
NUG’s Dr Sasa praises the brave journalists...
Dr Sasa, Union Minister of the Ministry of International Cooperation of the National...
Zaw Tun, a freelance photographer, video calls his friend upon his release from Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, 03 May 2023. Photo: EPA
News
04 May 2023
One-party regimes including Myanmar damned for...
Myanmar is one of several of Asia’s one-party states and dictatorships to be criticized...
(File) Released detainee Tu Tu Tha (L), 49, a writer and journalist, greets with her friend outside Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, 19 October 2021. Photo: EPA
News
03 May 2023
Myanmar's journalists continue to face...
3 May is World Press Freedom Day, a day dedicated to acknowledging and celebrating the...
A journalist (3rd L), who was covering a protest against the military coup, receives medical attention as an injured protester lies on a stretcher beside an ambulance after a crackdown on the demonstration by security forces in Yangon on December 5, 2021. Photo: AFP
News
03 May 2023
Myanmar independent press under pressure as World...
UNESCO calls on the world to “celebrate” World Press Freedom Day on 3 May but for Burmese...
(File) Myanmar journalist K Zune Nway (L) and photojournalist Ye Myo Khant (R) talk to media colleagues outside the Insein prison after they were released from detention, Yangon, Myanmar, 30 June 2021. Photo: EPA
News
03 May 2023
Myanmar 3rd worst offender in jailing journalists...
As the world marks World Press Freedom Day, the sad truth for crisis-torn Myanmar is that...
(File) Riot police advance on a street in Yangon as members of the press take photos during a protest against the military coup on February 26. Photo: EPA
News
10 February 2023
International community must support Myanmar’s...
The International Press institute (IPI) global network calls on the international...
Police arrest Myanmar Now journalist Kay Zon Nwe in Yangon on February 27, 2021, as protesters were taking part in a demonstration against the military coup. (Photo by Ye Aung THU / AFP)
News
16 December 2022
CPJ says jailing of Myanmar journalists has...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has warned that journalists in Myanmar are...
Journalists Pu Tuidim (left) and Sai Win Aung (right) were killed by members of Myanmar's military in separate attacks on January 8 and December 25 respectively. Photo: Twitter
News
03 November 2022
Remembering nine murdered Myanmar Journalists
On 2 November, the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, NGO...
Detained columnist and political commentator Sithu Aung Myint.
News
09 October 2022
VOA condemns 3-year prison sentence on journalist...
A Myanmar journalist who contributed to Voice of America's Burmese Service was sentenced...
Journalist Aung San Lin is imprisoned since 11 December 2021. Photo: Democratic Voice of Burma
News
09 July 2022
DVB news service calls for release of their...
The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) is calling for the release of DVB journalist Aung San...
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to hear the first verdict in one of her corruption trials next week, a source close to the case told AFP on April 19, 2022, where she faces a possible 15 years in jail. Photo: AFP
News
21 April 2022
Myanmar's Suu Kyi expects first verdict in...
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to hear the first verdict in one of...
This handout photo by Chin Twin Chit Thu taken on February 3, 2022 and released on taken on February 5, 2022 shows an aerial photo of burnt buildings from fires in Mingin Township, in Sagaing Division, where more than 105 buildings were destroyed by junta military troops, according to local media. Photo: AFP
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31 March 2022
Challenges for journalist in Myanmar’s battle-...
Journalist Thu Kha has to take care as he dodges bullets in the conflict-ridden Sagaing...

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