Amnesty International condemns attacks on journalists in Myanmar
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The repressive tactics being used against journalists trying to cover the coup in Myanmar and its aftermath have come under sharp criticism from Amnesty International and other rights organizations.
Local reporters have been forced to go into hiding because of attacks and foreign journalists have been stalked and kept from doing their jobs, Markus Beeko, head of Amnesty International in Germany, told dpa.
The recent detention of Polish journalist Robert Bociaga “fits in with this picture and should be condemned in the harshest manner,” Beeko asserted.
Bociaga, who works for dpa and other media in Myanmar, was taken into custody in Taunggyi by security forces on Thursday, according to media reports. He was reportedly struck while being detained.
Myanmar military raids newsrooms, revokes 5 media outlets’ licenses
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A copy of “7Day News” and other papers are displayed in Yangon, Myanmar, 2 February 2021, a day after the military seized power and detained democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. STR/AFP via Getty Images The operating licenses of the independent outlets Mizzima, Myanmar Now, 7Day News, Democratic Voice of Burma, and Khit Thit Media were revoked by Myanmar s military government.
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 9 March 2021.
Myanmar’s military authorities must immediately cease using media license cancellations as a means of censorship, refrain from raiding newsrooms, and stop arresting journalists for doing their jobs, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
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