AP journalist, other media workers return to Myanmar court
3 years, 9 months ago

AP journalist, other media workers return to Myanmar court

Associated Press  

YANGON, Myanmar — Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw and several other members of the media who have been charged under a public order law while covering anti-coup protests in Myanmar are returning to court Wednesday. “Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw and all other journalists wrongly detained in Myanmar should be immediately and unconditionally released,” Shawn Crispin, senior representative for Southeast Asia of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said after the March 12 hearing. Myanmar’s junta must stop detaining journalists and allow reporters to do their jobs without fear of reprisal.” Thein Zaw and others are charged under Sub-Section 505 of the Penal Code, which criminalizes “any attempt to cause fear, spread false news, or agitate directly or indirectly a criminal offense against a government employee.” Section 505 covers seditious activities, and was amended by the junta to include a broader range of offenses and extend the maximum prison term from two years to three. Lawyer Tin Zar Oo said Wednesday’s hearing will take place at a special court in Insein Prison in northern Yangon, where Thein Zaw has been held since his arrest.

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A military court has sentenced a Myanmar journalist to life in prison, outlet’s editor says
3 months, 3 weeks ago

A military court has sentenced a Myanmar journalist to life in prison, outlet’s editor says

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A military court in Myanmar has given a life prison sentence to a local journalist and sentenced one of his colleagues to 20 years after convicting them under a counterterrorism law, their editor said Wednesday. The sentences for Myo Myint Oo and Aung San Oo of the independent online news service Dawei Watch appear to be the most …

Editor says Myanmar authorities have arrested 2 local journalists for an online news service
1 year ago

Editor says Myanmar authorities have arrested 2 local journalists for an online news service

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government has arrested two journalists with a local online news service, their editor said Wednesday, in its latest crackdown on media freedom since seizing power nearly three years ago. The chief editor of Dawei Watch, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals from authorities, told The Associated Press that Aung San Oo and …

A Myanmar journalist gets a 20-year sentence for reporting on cyclone’s aftermath, news site says
1 year, 3 months ago

A Myanmar journalist gets a 20-year sentence for reporting on cyclone’s aftermath, news site says

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A court in Myanmar sentenced a photojournalist for an underground news agency to 20 years in prison with hard labor for his coverage of a deadly May cyclone’s aftermath, the media organization said Wednesday. The sentence given Sai Zaw Thaike, a photographer for the independent online news service Myanmar Now, appeared to be the most severe for any …

Myanmar court hands Japanese journalist 3 more years in jail
2 years, 2 months ago

Myanmar court hands Japanese journalist 3 more years in jail

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday convicted a Japanese journalist of violating immigration law, adding three years to the seven-year prison sentence he was handed last week for filming an anti-government protest, a Japanese diplomat said. Toru Kubota, a Tokyo-based documentary filmmaker, was arrested on July 30 by plainclothes police in Yangon, the country’s biggest city, after …

Myanmar court sentences journalist to 3 years in prison
2 years, 3 months ago

Myanmar court sentences journalist to 3 years in prison

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced a freelance journalist associated with the international broadcaster BBC to three years in prison with labor on Thursday after she was found guilty of incitement, a legal official said. Htet Htet Khine, who presented a program called “Khan Sar Kyi” — “Feel It” — for BBC Media Action, still faces an additional …

Myanmar official defends detention of U.S. journalist
3 years, 2 months ago

Myanmar official defends detention of U.S. journalist

LA Times  

In this 2018, photo, U.S. journalist Danny Fenster works out of his van, which he turned into a home/office in Detroit. Military spokesman Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun did not elaborate in his response at a news conference to a question about Danny Fenster, who is awaiting trial on a charge of incitement, also called sedition. Zaw Min Tun denied …

Groups say Myanmar journalists in peril amid crackdown
3 years, 4 months ago

Groups say Myanmar journalists in peril amid crackdown

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Journalists in Myanmar face extreme peril as the military-controlled government cracks down on independent reporting, human rights and media advocates say. Reports by the Committee to Protect Journalists and by Human Rights Watch, released this week, say dozens of journalists are being held, some without charges. In the highest-profile case, two journalists working for the Reuters news agency …

Protest erupts at Myanmar’s Insein prison amid COVID outbreak
3 years, 5 months ago

Protest erupts at Myanmar’s Insein prison amid COVID outbreak

Al Jazeera  

Anti-military government chants heard from inside the notorious colonial-era jail, which is used to hold opponents of the February coup. A protest has erupted at a prison in Myanmar’s commercial capital of Yangon against what activists said was a worsening COVID-19 outbreak at the jail, which is used to hold opponents of February’s military takeover. “A riot happened in the …

Myanmar court extends pretrial detention of US journalist
3 years, 5 months ago

Myanmar court extends pretrial detention of US journalist

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A court in Myanmar on Thursday extended the pretrial detention of Danny Fenster, a U.S. journalist employed by an online news magazine in the military-led Southeast Asian nation who was arrested in May on an incitement charge that carries a penalty of up to three years’ imprisonment. “The Myanmar junta’s continued detention of journalist Danny Fenster is outrageous …

Activists, journalists included in Myanmar prisoner release
3 years, 5 months ago

Activists, journalists included in Myanmar prisoner release

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s government began releasing about 2,300 prisoners on Wednesday, including activists who were detained for protesting against the military’s seizure of power in February and journalists who reported on the protests, officials said. According to official announcements on state media, most if not all of the freed detainees faced charges related to the protests, including Section 505 of …

US Journalist Detained in Myanmar Released, Says lawyer
3 years, 6 months ago

US Journalist Detained in Myanmar Released, Says lawyer

News 18  

A US journalist detained in Myanmar since March was released on Monday after charges against him were dropped, his lawyer said. US citizen Nathan Maung “was released this morning from Insein prison as the police withdrew the charges against him”, and will fly back to the US on Tuesday, his lawyer Tin Zar Oo told AFP. Myanmar has been in …

Myanmar jails two journalists for ‘spreading false news’
3 years, 6 months ago

Myanmar jails two journalists for ‘spreading false news’

Al Jazeera  

Reporters for Democratic Voice of Burma and Mizzima sentenced to two- year terms in military crackdown on media. A military court in southern Myeik on Wednesday sentenced Aung Kyaw of the Democratic Voice of Burma and Zaw Zaw, a freelance reporter for Mizzima News, to two years in prison over their reporting of the anti-coup protests that have swept Myanmar …

Press Freedom Day 2021: Myanmar’s journalists continue to report the truth on the military coup
3 years, 7 months ago

Press Freedom Day 2021: Myanmar’s journalists continue to report the truth on the military coup

CNN  

CNN Business — Journalist Ye Wint Thu was already on the run when his name and photo appeared on a wanted list broadcast by Myanmar’s military junta. “We never stopped, not even for a single day,” said Toe Zaw Latt, DVB’s operations director who recently fled the city. Toe Zaw Latt said the junta’s attempt to control all media and …

Myanmar junta frees hundreds held for anti-coup protests
3 years, 9 months ago

Myanmar junta frees hundreds held for anti-coup protests

Associated Press  

YANGON, Myanmar — Hundreds of people imprisoned for demonstrating against last month’s coup in Myanmar were released Wednesday, a rare conciliatory gesture by the military that appeared aimed at placating the protest movement. “I’m sorry for some colleagues who are still in prison.” Meanwhile, messages online urged people to stay home Wednesday in protest — rather than flooding the streets …

AP journalist Thein Zaw released from detention in Myanmar
3 years, 9 months ago

AP journalist Thein Zaw released from detention in Myanmar

Associated Press  

YANGON, Myanmar — Thein Zaw, a journalist for The Associated Press who was arrested more than three weeks ago while covering a protest against the coup in Myanmar, was released from detention on Wednesday. He told the AP that his mother told him through tears: “We thought we’d never see you again.” Thein Zaw had earlier said that the judge …

Thein Zaw: Associated Press calls for release of journalist detained in Myanmar
3 years, 9 months ago

Thein Zaw: Associated Press calls for release of journalist detained in Myanmar

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — The Associated Press has demanded the release of a journalist detained and charged “for simply doing his job” while covering violent anti-coup demonstrations for the American news outlet in Myanmar. “The Associated Press calls for the immediate release of AP journalist Thein Zaw, who has been charged with a crime in Myanmar for simply doing his …

Protesters adapt tactics after Myanmar police use violence
3 years, 9 months ago

Protesters adapt tactics after Myanmar police use violence

Associated Press  

MANDALAY, Myanmar — Protesters against the military takeover in Myanmar carried homemade shields and moved with more caution and agility Tuesday, adapting their tactics to the escalating violence from security forces not reluctant to use lethal force to break up crowds. The deaths of Zaw Myat Lin and Khin Maung Latt, a party activist detained on Saturday night whose body …

Myanmar protesters venture out despite police violence
3 years, 9 months ago

Myanmar protesters venture out despite police violence

India Today  

About a thousand demonstrators against last month’s military seizure of power in Myanmar emerged cautiously Tuesday onto the streets of the country’s second-biggest city, those in the vanguard carrying homemade shields bearing images of the three-fingered salute, the movement’s symbol of defiance. The deaths of Zaw Myat Lin and Khin Maung Latt, a party activist detained on Saturday night whose …

Myanmar party official dies in custody amid torture allegations
3 years, 9 months ago

Myanmar party official dies in custody amid torture allegations

Al Jazeera  

NLD’s Zaw Myat Linn is the second party figure to die in detention in recent days, while more than 60 protesters have been killed since the military coup. An official from deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy died in custody after he was arrested on Tuesday, a former parliamentarian said, the second party figure to …

Journalists' Group Calls for Release of Reporters In Myanmar
3 years, 9 months ago

Journalists' Group Calls for Release of Reporters In Myanmar

News 18  

The Society of Professional Journalists, saying it is “frustrated and fed up with the arrests of reporters doing their jobs, has called on Myanmar to release Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw and five others detained while covering protests in the Southeast Asian nation. The nation’s oldest journalism organization also called on US law enforcement agencies to drop charges against any …

Video: Myanmar police hold AP journalist in chokehold
3 years, 9 months ago

Video: Myanmar police hold AP journalist in chokehold

Associated Press  

YANGON, Myanmar — A video of the arrest of Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw as he was photographing Myanmar security forces charging at anti-coup protesters shows him being quickly surrounded and held in a chokehold as handcuffs are placed on him. The video starts with Thein Zaw standing by the side of a road on Saturday photographing dozens of security …

Video Shows Myanmar Police Hold US Agency Journalist Covering Coup Protests in Chokehold, Arrest Him
3 years, 9 months ago

Video Shows Myanmar Police Hold US Agency Journalist Covering Coup Protests in Chokehold, Arrest Him

News 18  

A video of the arrest of Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw as he was photographing Myanmar security forces charging at anti-coup protesters shows him being quickly surrounded and held in a chokehold as handcuffs are placed on him. The video starts with Thein Zaw standing by the side of a road on Saturday photographing dozens of security forces as they …

Myanmar ramps up violent crackdown on anti-coup protesters
3 years, 9 months ago

Myanmar ramps up violent crackdown on anti-coup protesters

Al Jazeera  

Yangon, Myanmar – Security forces have deployed harsher methods against anti-coup protesters than previously used in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, ahead of plans for another big demonstration on Sunday. ‘Milk Tea Alliance’ Protests are also planned in Thailand and Taiwan for Sunday, both part of Southeast Asia’s growing “Milk Tea Alliance”, demanding greater democracy in the region. As much as …

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