DVB calls on Thailand not to deport its journalists to Myanmar
3 years, 10 months ago

DVB calls on Thailand not to deport its journalists to Myanmar

Al Jazeera  

The three journalists and two activists are expected to appear in court on Tuesday on charges of ‘illegal entry’. Three Myanmar journalists and two activists are set to appear in a court in Thailand on Tuesday charged with “illegal entry” as the reporters’ news organisation urged the authorities not to deport them to Myanmar because their lives would be at risk. “DVB strongly urges the Thai authorities not to deport them back to Burma, as their life will be in serious danger if they were to return,” said Aye Chan Naing, DVB’s executive director and chief editor. On Twitter, Tanee Sangrat, the spokesman for the Thai Foreign Ministry said the authorities were “coordinating to find humanitarian solution to the recent case of journalists from Myanmar”. “Thailand should absolutely not send these DVB journalists and activists back into harm’s way in Myanmar because they will face certain arrest and persecution by the State Administration Council junta,” Asia Director Brad Adams said in a statement.

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Thailand arrests 100 people for operating in border scam centre
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Thailand arrests 100 people for operating in border scam centre

Hindustan Times  

BANGKOK, - Thailand's police on Wednesday detained 100 people for their alleged involvement in a scam centre in Cambodia, its first arrest of Thai nationals in a regional crackdown on massive fraud operations. Arrest warrants were also issued for two Chinese nationals who were alleged "gang leaders", stemming from a raid of a scam centre last month by Thai and …

Some foreigners pulled out of Myanmar scam centres face struggle to get home
1 month ago

Some foreigners pulled out of Myanmar scam centres face struggle to get home

Hindustan Times  

* Some foreigners pulled out of Myanmar scam centres face struggle to get home Multi-national crackdown launched on scam compounds * Hundreds of foreign nationals moved to militia camp * Conditions in the camp are difficult, witnesses say * Some face problems trying to go home, they say By Devjyot Ghoshal and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK, - Hundreds of foreign nationals …

Thailand deports 6 Cambodian activists facing treason charges over critical Facebook comments
4 months ago

Thailand deports 6 Cambodian activists facing treason charges over critical Facebook comments

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Six Cambodian activists charged with …

Thailand deports 6 Cambodian activists facing treason charges over critical Facebook comments
4 months ago

Thailand deports 6 Cambodian activists facing treason charges over critical Facebook comments

Associated Press  

PHNOM PENH — Six Cambodian activists charged with treason over Facebook comments criticizing their government have been deported from Thailand to stand trial, a pro-democracy group said Thursday. The Khmer Movement for Democracy, a movement formed by opposition leaders in exile, criticized the decision to return the four women and two men Nov. 24, saying they will face “inhuman and …

Thai court orders extradition of Vietnam activist who rights groups say will be at risk if returned
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Thai court orders extradition of Vietnam activist who rights groups say will be at risk if returned

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Thai court on Monday …

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

Human rights group urges Thailand to stop forcing dissidents to return home
10 months, 1 week ago

Human rights group urges Thailand to stop forcing dissidents to return home

The Independent  

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Editor says Myanmar authorities have arrested 2 local journalists for an online news service
1 year, 3 months ago

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

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Myanmar’s military government has arrested …

Editor says Myanmar authorities have arrested 2 local journalists for an online news service
1 year, 3 months 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 …

Myanmar court hands Japanese journalist 3 more years in jail
2 years, 5 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 …

UN decries Thailand’s deportation of Cambodian activists
3 years, 4 months ago

UN decries Thailand’s deportation of Cambodian activists

Associated Press  

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The U.N. refugee agency has condemned Thailand’s deportation of three Cambodian political activists back to their home country, describing it as part of a “trend” of returning Cambodian refugees across the border where they face the risk of persecution. “We are extremely alarmed by this trend of forcibly returning refugees to Cambodia, where they face a …

Groups say Myanmar journalists in peril amid crackdown
3 years, 8 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 …

‘I’m somewhere safe’: Journalists hiding from Myanmar’s military
3 years, 9 months ago

‘I’m somewhere safe’: Journalists hiding from Myanmar’s military

Al Jazeera  

More than 6,000 people have been detained since the coup, and journalists – both local and foreign – are one of many groups being targeted. I still speak to people in Myanmar almost every day – checking in with friends and contacting people as part of my news coverage. “I can’t say where I am but I can say I’m …

Myanmar jails two journalists for ‘spreading false news’
3 years, 9 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 …

Myanmar jails local journalist, to free Japanese reporter
3 years, 10 months ago

Myanmar jails local journalist, to free Japanese reporter

Al Jazeera  

Min Nyo, who worked for the Democratic Voice of Burma in Myanmar’s Bago region, was arrested on March 3 and was sentenced to three years in jail. A Myanmar journalist who reported on anti-military government protests has been jailed for three years for incitement, his news organisation said, while authorities announced a twice-arrested Japanese reporter would be freed. Min Nyo, …

Myanmar military court gives DVB reporter 3 years in prison
3 years, 10 months ago

Myanmar military court gives DVB reporter 3 years in prison

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A 51-year-old reporter for a now-banned online and broadcast news agency in Myanmar was sentenced Wednesday by a military court to three years in prison for his reporting, his employer said. A statement issued by DVB said Min Nyo had been covering a March 3 anti-junta protest in the town of Pyay, 260 kilometers northwest of Yangon when …

BBC ‘extremely concerned’ by suspected military abduction of Myanmar reporter
4 years ago

BBC ‘extremely concerned’ by suspected military abduction of Myanmar reporter

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The broadcaster said it was “extremely concerned” for BBC …

Two reporters detained as press crackdown intensifies in Myanmar
4 years ago

Two reporters detained as press crackdown intensifies in Myanmar

Al Jazeera  

BBC says it is ‘extremely concerned’ after Aung Thura, a journalist from its Burmese-language service, was ‘taken away by unidentified men’. Mizzima News reported that one of its former reporters, Than Htike Aung, and Aung Thura, a journalist from the BBC’s Burmese-language service, were detained by men who appeared to be plainclothes security agents outside a court in the capital …

Journalists' Group Calls for Release of Reporters In Myanmar
4 years 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 …

Malaysia detains two Cambodian dissidents headed for Thailand
5 years, 4 months ago

Malaysia detains two Cambodian dissidents headed for Thailand

Al Jazeera  

The two detainees are members of the Cambodian National Rescue Party outlawed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government. Malaysian authorities have detained two Cambodian opposition activists while they were waiting to board a flight to Thailand in what is seen as part of a crackdown on exiled dissidents in Southeast Asia, a rights groups said late on Tuesday. Risks of …

3 Myanmar Journalists Are Arrested After Government Officials Complain
6 years, 5 months ago

3 Myanmar Journalists Are Arrested After Government Officials Complain

NPR  

3 Myanmar Journalists Are Arrested After Government Officials Complain Authorities in Myanmar arrested three leading journalists after their paper published a piece exposing a financial scheme led by a protégé and confidant of Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi. On Monday, the paper published a story about government spending and no-bid contracts by the local government, which is headed by …

Myanmar court sentences Reuters reporters to 7 years in jail
6 years, 6 months ago

Myanmar court sentences Reuters reporters to 7 years in jail

The Hindu  

A Myanmar court sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison on Monday for illegal possession of official documents, a ruling that comes as international criticism mounts over the military’s alleged human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims. Accusations of genocide The two journalists had been reporting last year on the brutal crackdown by security forces on the Rohingya in …

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