Myanmar’s Junta Targets Free Press in Post-Coup Crackdown
The military’s actions are designed to deny the civil disobedience movement the oxygen of domestic and international attention.
March 09, 2021
Protesters gather at the Hledan junction in Yangon, Myanmar, on February 9.
Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Voice of America Burmese
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Myanmar’s military government is taking steps to strangle media coverage of the country’s ongoing political crisis, announcing the cancellation of licenses for five independent media organizations.
The five outlets — Mizzima, the Democratic Voice of Burma (DBV), Khit Thit Media, Myanmar Now, and 7Day News — had been offering extensive coverage of the protests that have emerged since the February 1 coup, including by livestreaming video online.