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Myanmar’s military junta has arbitrarily revoked the license of independent media outlet The Ayeyarwaddy Times in its latest crackdown on dissent. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Myanmar Journalists Network (MJN), condemn the decision and call on the junta to immediately cease its intimidation of the media and continued attacks on press freedom.
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Myanmar has become one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, with 42 reporters behind bars, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ. That puts Myanmar in third place behind only Iran (62) and China (43), according to CPJ’s annual report on attacks against the press in 2022. …
The Committee to Protect Journalists described the jailing, sentencing, and granting early release to journalists in Myanmar as a "cruel carousel" and a "form of psychological warfare aimed at breaking the will of independent media outlets."