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Airport staff handed him Covid-19 protective gear â complete with gown and hairnet â and he messaged his wife, Juliana Silva, 37, at 9.16am, promising to take a silly selfie. Six minutes later came a rushed text: security forces were taking him away.
âNot joke,â he wrote. âTheyll take fone soon.â
After three more unfinished messages, his side went silent. Silva has not been able to contact him since. âWe could never imagine this would happen to him,â Silva says. âThese 11 days without any news have been a nightmare.â
Many Myanmar journalists are in hiding or have managed to flee the country although most continue to cover the juntaâs crimes, which include the killing of at least 842 civilians, according to activist group the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. Since Min Aung Hlaing seized power, Reporters Without Borders has recorded the arrest of 86 journalists and, as of 26 May, 49 of them are still detained.
As a cyclone rolled over the Bay of Bengal on 24 May, American journalist Danny Fenster, 37, contemplated the brooding skies near a terminal window at Yangon international airport. For a while, the threat of foreigners being seized at the airport by Myanmar’s military was real, but after watching international reporters exit the country safely in April, the Michigan native was more worried about turbulence. He had arrived in Myanmar two years.
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Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1. AFP
Myanmar journos who fled to Thailand face deportation
Wed, 2 June 2021
Three Myanmar journalists who illegally crossed into Thailand to flee a military crackdown have been fined and could face deportation, a member of their legal team said on June 1, warning the trio’s lives will be in danger if they are sent home.
The journalists, who worked for the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) news website, were arrested along with two Myanmar activists in the northern city of Chiang Mai last month and charged with illegal entry.