Global Journalism community criticizes Myanmar
05 Jun 2021, 02:56 GMT+10
Naypyitaw [Myanmar] June 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Friday accused the Myanmar military of jailing two journalists on trumped-up charges and demanded their release.
Aung Kyaw, a reporter from the Democratic Voice of Burma, and Ko Zaw Zaw, a freelance reporter with Mizzima News, were sentenced to two years in prison under a newly revised colonial-era law that criminalizes the spread of misinformation that could abet mutiny. Sentencing journalists to jail because of a claim they are spreading false news is a gratuitous condemnation of free speech and free media, the federation said.
Naypyitaw [Myanmar] June 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Friday accused the Myanmar military of jailing two journalists on trumped-up charges and demanded their release.
Mizzima condemns jail sentence of journalist Ko Zaw Zaw
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Protesters hold up an image of Aung San Suu Kyi and signs as they demonstrate against the military coup in Myeik, Myanmar, 12 February 2021, STR/AFP via Getty Images Myeik-based reporter Ko Zaw Zaw was sentenced to two years in prison for alleged misinformation. He was arrested two months ago while covering anti-coup protests in south Myanmar.
This statement was originally published on mizzima.com on 2 June 2021.
Mizzima categorically opposes the two-year prison sentence handed to Mizzima’s Myeik-based freelance reporter Ko Zaw Zaw and calls for the immediate release of all journalists unjustly detained by the ruling junta, including Ko Zaw Zaw and another four detained Mizzima journalists.
Myanmar Military Intensifies Crackdown on Journalists With Newly Revised Law
The military court recently sentenced two journalists under Section 505(a) of the Penal Code, just days after a US editor was arrested at the Yangon airport.
Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger salute during a flash mob protest in Yangon, Myanmar June 3, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Stringer
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New Delhi: Continuing with its crackdown on free press since it assumed power in a coup on February 1, the military court of Myanmar has sentenced two reporters under a draconian law that was recently revised to make it difficult for journalists to publish reports on anti-junta protests.