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Myanmar’s Journalists Mark World Press Freedom Day in Hiding, Exile, Detention A journalist covers a crackdown on an anti-regime demonstration in Mandalay in February. / The Irrawaddy 328 By The Irrawaddy 3 May 2021 It would not be overstating the case to say that press freedom has been completely extinguished in Myanmar, with almost all independent journalists forced to work undercover, their newsrooms closed, living with the daily threat of raids, arrest, violence and lawsuits. Since the military takeover, the regime has targeted journalists in an effort to suppress coverage of its lethal crackdowns on pro-democracy protesters, dragging the media landscape back to the pre-reform era. ....
Myanmar’s Junta Continues to Arrest Journalists Ma Tu Tu Tha (left) and Ko Thura Soe (right) 243 By The Irrawaddy 26 April 2021 Junta forces arrested a former cameraman of Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) at his house in Yangon’s Pazundaung Township on Sunday evening and sent him to an interrogation center. “When I checked with Pazundaung police station, police told me that he was sent to Shwepyitha interrogation center this morning,” said a colleague of Ko Thura Soe. According to witnesses, some ten junta troops came to their residential neighborhood about 8:30 p.m. Sunday, firing shots in the air. “They went straight to his house and arrested him, saying they came to check for overnight guests,” said a resident of the neighborhood. Junta forces reportedly took his computer and other items from his house. ....
Myanmar Regime’s Violence Continues Unabated Despite Plea From ASEAN Myanmar Regime’s Violence Continues Unabated Despite Plea From ASEAN Young protesters staged a protest on Saturday morning calling ASEAN not to endorse military regime in Yangon. / CJ 286 By The Irrawaddy 26 April 2021 The Association of South East Asian Nations called for the immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar on Saturday, but the junta’s brutality has continued unabated. Even as the ASEAN leaders sat with coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in Jakarta on Saturday, his troops killed at least three civilians, including a student, and continued brutal crackdowns on peaceful demonstrators demanding the restoration of democracy. ....