Yin Min Tun Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Five Myanmar journalists freed from prison as part of mass amnesty

July 31, 2015 10:01 AM EDT

Bangkok, July 31, 2015–Five journalists jailed on anti-state charges in Myanmar were released on Thursday in a presidential amnesty of nearly 7,000 prisoners, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the journalists’ release but calls on Myanmar authorities to release all other journalists imprisoned in the country.

Five journalists sentenced to jail in Burma

October 17, 2014 3:00 PM EDT

Bangkok, October 17, 2014–Three journalists and two publishers were sentenced on Thursday to two years in prison on anti-state charges in Burma, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the harsh verdict and calls for their release on appeal.

In a growing clampdown, three editors detained in Burma

July 23, 2014 12:49 PM EDT

Bangkok, July 23, 2014–Burmese authorities should drop national security-related charges brought against journalists and staff members of the Bi Mon Te Nay (Bi-Midday Sun) news journal, and release them from pre-trial detention immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.