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Myanmar: Killing of Ah Khu and arbitrary detention of Thin Thin Aung and Myo Aye
23/04/2021
Killing /
April 23, 2021
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Myanmar. Description of the situation:
The Observatory has been informed about the killing of
Ah Khu, director of the civil society group Women for Justice [1], as well as the arbitrary detention of
Thin Thin Aung and
Myo Aye. Thin Thin Aung is the co-founder of Women for Justice, leading member of Women’s League of Burma [2], and co-founder of the independent Mizzima News outlet [3]. Myo Aye is a labour rights activist and director of the Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar (STUM).
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IFJ 21 April 2021
Myanmar: Military detains Japanese journalist
The Myanmar military detained Japanese freelance journalist, Yuki Kitazumi in Yangon on April 18 for allegedly disseminating ‘fake news’. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemn the continued threat to journalists across Myanmar and calls for the immediate release of all detained journalists. Japanese journalist Yuki Kitazumi. Credit: Twitter
Yuki Kitazumi, a freelance journalist and owner of Yangon Media Professionals, a media production company, was arrested at his home in Yangon and transferred to Insein prison overnight.Myanmar state television stations reported, Kitazumi was charged with spreading ‘fake news’ under article 505(A) of the Penal Code.
Myanmar junta now publishing lists of wanted journalists
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People queue in front of Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, 12 April 2021, while they wait to visit inmates ahead of the long holiday stretch for the Myanmar New Year, STR/AFP via Getty Images The military took their crackdown to a new level on 4 April when they began publishing lists of journalists wanted for providing information about the pro-democracy protests, along with well-known figures wanted for publicly voicing support for the protests. At least 19 journalists have been named in the list.
This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 19 April 2021.