Media freedom

Media freedom

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The UK government’s overseas anti-poverty fund is “urgently looking into” why a business it owns...
Published on Jun 10, 2020
Union Minister for Information U Pe Myint in Naypyitaw in February 2017. (Pic: Swe Win/Myanmar Now)
His suggestion that reporters should put patriotism first is “against journalism ethics and hinders press freedom,” read the statement, which was signed by groups including PEN Myanmar...
Dec 6, 2018
Eleven journalist Kyaw Zaw Lin (front) and Phyo Wai Win (back) at Tamwe Court in October (Photo by Kay Zon Nway/ Myanmar Now)
Yangon’s chief minister has promised further legal action if Press Council negotiations are unsuccessful.
Dec 5, 2018