Irrawaddy Jan 19
Myanmar’s military regime has arrested two more journalists in southern Myanmar, raising the number of reporters being held by the junta to at least 46 as of Tuesday.
Myanmar has become the world’s second-biggest jailer of journalists after China since last year’s February 1 coup. Reporter Ko Zaw, reporter Ma Moe Myint and designer Ko Thar Gyi from Dawei Watch, an online news outlet based in Dawei, the capital of Tanintharyi Region, were detained at their homes at midnight on Tuesday.
A representative from Dawei Watch told The Irrawaddy that they don’t yet know where their staff were taken or why they were arrested. The junta has targeted journalists with arrests, lawsuits, raids on newsrooms and violence in an effort to silence independent coverage of its daily atrocities. Over 110 journalists and media workers have been detained at various times since the coup. Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/junta-arrests-two-more-journalists-in-southern-myanmar.html
