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)
Journalists continue to work in dangerous situations in Myanmar’s continuing conflict, where they face challenges in physical and digital safety, gathering news, and economic security. As of end-September 2023, 59…
Update on Journalism and Media in Myanmar
Highlights For the first half (Jan-Jun) of 2023, Myanmar’s military junta continued the heavy restriction onmedia freedom by arresting journalists and revoking media licenses. Specifically, four journalists,including an editor and…
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 off communication among the…
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) newspapers for criticizing them…
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 people, are adversely oppressed.
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 ruled Myanmar until 2010.…
Analysis Report on Amendment of Telecommunications Law
The abuse of five-year old Telecommunications Law enacted in October 2013 has been infamous since 2015 when the competing political parties strongly traded accusation against each other in election campaigns…