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Journalists wait outside the Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar, 24 March 2021 for colleagues who were charged over their protest coverage on Feb. 27. EPA-EFE FILE/STRINGER
Boats of ethnic Karen villagers fleeing from air attacks by Myanmar military, are seen after crossing border at a Thai-Myanmar border in Mae Hong Son province, Thailand, 28 March 2021 (issued 29 March 2021). EPA-EFE FILE/STR BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE
Visual journalists take cover near the entrance of a monastery where military supporters are gathering as they are attacking the protestors and medias and residents, in Yangon, Myanmar, 18 February 2021. EPA-EFE FILE/LYNN BO BO
Thailand Seeking Humanitarian Solution For Detained Myanmar Journalists
05/11/21 AT 1:50 AM
Thailand said Tuesday it was seeking a humanitarian solution for three Myanmar journalists arrested after fleeing across the border to escape a junta crackdown.
The trio s employer the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) and the Thai foreign correspondents club urged the authorities not to deport them, warning their lives could be in danger if they returned to the coup-hit country.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, triggering a mass uprising as large swathes of the population take to the streets to demand democracy.
Arrest of journalists a litmus test for how Thailand treats those fleeing persecution in Myanmar
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Three senior reporters who fled Myanmar for Thailand after the brutal military coup “face certain arrest and persecution” if they are deported following their arrest in Chiang Mai on Sunday, journalist groups say.
The three are prominent journalists with the independent Burmese news agency Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) and were detained in the northern Thai city after a random police search, their editor said in a statement Monday.
They, along with two unnamed activists, have been charged with illegally entering the country.
The case could be the biggest test yet for how Thailand decides to treat those fleeing persecution from Myanmar in the wake of the coup.
Thai police arrest 3 journalists who fled Myanmar 2 minutes read
Bangkok, May 11 (EFE).- Three Myanmar journalists from a news outlet banned by the military junta have been arrested in neighboring Thailand, to which they had fled following the army crackdown, and are facing deportation for alleged illegal entry.
The journalists from broadcaster DVB (Democratic Voice of Burma) were arrested on Sunday along with two Myanmar activists during a raid in the northern city of Chiang Mai.
A Chiang Mai police official told EFE that the detainees had allegedly entered Thailand illegally through the porous border between both countries and that they are expected to be brought before a court on Tuesday.