High-profile international prisoners released as part of an amnesty by the junta in Myanmar, including a British former ambassador and an Australian former adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi, have reached Thailand.
Myanmar Crackdown
29 May 2021 01:04 Photos and videos shared on social media exposed a brutal crackdown carried out by the junta in Myanmar since the military s february takeover of the southeast asian nation.
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Thailand seeks humanitarian solution for detained Myanmar reporters
Thailand s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it is seeking a humanitarian solution to the case of three Myanmar journalists and two activists arrested after fleeing across the border to escape the military s crackdown on dissent.
The trio work for the Democratic Voice of Burma, an independent broadcaster that has been critical of the Feb. 1 military coup that ousted the elected government led by now-detained Aung San Suu Kyi. People walk in central Yangon, Myanmar, on May 5, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
On March 8, the junta revoked the broadcasting or publishing licenses of five independent media organizations, including DVB, making reporting for the network an illegal act.