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The Death of Journalism in Myanmar
A journalist reflects on his detention by security forces, one small part of a wider crackdown on the country’s media.
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April 07, 2021
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Reporting on the current developments in crisis-torn Myanmar has become increasingly insecure and unpredictable.
When Yuki Kitazumi, a Japanese journalist based in Yangon, was arrested on February 26 while covering a protest, many observers held their breath. After five or six hours of detention at a police station in the city’s Sanchaung township, the first detained foreign journalist was finally released, but “without [his] camera’s memory card.”
“They checked all my documents, and explained that they did not notice that I am a foreign journalist,” Kitazumi told me over Facebook Messenger.
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Anti-coup tattoos, a permanent symbol of protest, have become popular form of resistance in Myanmar
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You can’t get a protest tattoo done in Yangon anymore, say locals, because of the crackdown.
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A protester sports a tattoo of Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on February 8.
Let s talk about.Anti-coup tattoos.
What are those?
That’s one of the popular symbols of resistance in Myanmar where, as you probably know, there have been massive pro-democracy protests going on against the military junta.
Ah! What are the tattoos of?
The most popular ones are of their ousted leader, 75-year-old Aung San Suu Kyi, the phrase “Kabar ma kyay bu” (a reference to a protest song, and meaning we will not forget until the end of the world ) and the famous three-finger salute.