Media freedom
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Beyond the Headlines: Myanmar junta clamps down harder on media
Myanmar Now provides an overview of underreported developments in the country from the past week, October 31 - November 7
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Myanmar junta sentences two journalists to two-year prison terms
Journalists from Kamayut Media and Mizzima are convicted of incitement one year after their arrests in a continued nationwide crackdown on news organisations
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Journalists among thousands released by Myanmar junta after exclusion from ASEAN summit
Critics dismiss the move as an attempt to silence international condemnation amid continued arrests and persecution of the media, activists and the junta’s political opponents
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Journalist missing for one month held in Yangon police station, charged with incitement
Family members of reporter Thuzar learn that during the weeks they were unable to contact her, she was being held in an unidentified interrogation centre
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Detained former journalist charged with incitement in Mandalay
It is not known why the former chief correspondent with Channel Mandalay was targeted and arrested