PEC demands unconditional release of all scribes in Myanmar
06 Jun 2021, 21:27 GMT+10
Geneva/Guwahati: As the imprisonment of scribes and other democratic activists under arbitrary laws becomes a new normal in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), the Switzerland-based media rights body Press Emblem Campaign (https://pressemblem.ch/) urges the military regime in NayPieTaw to release all media workers unreservedly.
The military junta led by General Min Aung Hlaing is presently trying its best to control the public outrages since the south-east Asian nation faced the coup on 1 February throwing the elected government virtually led by Nobel laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi out of legitimate power. The civil disobedient movement, called by NLD chief Suu Kyi, has already lost over 840 demonstrators to the brutalities of security personnel.
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Myanmar journalists reunite on the run from the junta
On February 1, just hours after a military coup in Myanmar, the leaders of the Mizzima media group held an emergency meeting in Yangon.
The main journalists at the store had begun to come up with an operational protection plan a few days earlier, when rumors spread about the approaching purchase.
When the military took power, it was clear that the junta of Min Aung Hlaingen would revoke Mizzima’s license and block his TV signal and force journalists to enter the underground.
“Either you stay with Mizzima, fight together to risk your life for at least two years, or you won’t work for us,” Soe Myint’s general manager told staff.