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Myanmar journalist Maung Maung Myo sentenced to 6 years in prison

CPJ 01 Aug 2022

Separately, on July 14, an Insein Township Court in Yangon sentenced Nying Nying Aye, a freelance reporter who contributes regularly to the local news website Mizzima, to three years in prison with hard labor under Section 505(a) of the penal code, according to multiple news reports.

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Myanmar sentences journalists Hanthar Nyein and Than Htike Aung to 2 years in prison

CPJ 24 Mar 2022

The following day, a court in the capital city, Naypyidaw, convicted Than Htike Aung, a news editor with the news website Mizzima, on the same charge and also ordered him to be imprisoned for two years, according to reports and Mizzima editor-in-chief Soe Myint, who also communicated with CPJ via email ... He said Hanthar was currently in good health.

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Myanmar prison release falls short with over 20 journalists still behind bars

CPJ 25 Oct 2021

“Partial measures simply aren’t good enough ... All three had been handed prison sentences under Article 505(a), according to CPJ research.Mizzima news website co-founder Thin Thin Aung, reporter Zaw Zaw, and office assistant James Pu Thoure, according to news reports and Mizzima founder and chairman Soe Myint, who communicated with CPJ by email ... ....

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Bitter reversal: Myanmar military coup wipes out press freedom gains

CPJ 28 Jul 2021

Restore the operating licenses of local news broadcasters including Mizzima and the Democratic Voice of Burma.Allow exiled journalists to return home without the threat of reprisals and allow them to practice journalism freely.Allow foreign reporters unfettered access to Myanmar ... Mizzima ... Mizzima News ... Mizzima News ... Mizzima News ... Mizzima News.

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Myanmar military court sentences 2 journalists to jail for incitement

CPJ 02 Jun 2021

Today, a military court in the southern city of Myeik convicted Aung Kyaw, a reporter with the Democratic Voice of Burma, and Zaw Zaw, a freelance reporter with Mizzima News, under , which criminalizes the dissemination of information that could agitate or cause security forces or state officials to mutiny, according to news reports ... ....

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Myanmar military bans all satellite TV

CPJ 05 May 2021

The ban will affect foreign news channels as well as independent local broadcasters that rely on satellite networks, including the Democratic Voice of Burma and Mizzima, both of which have continued broadcasting via satellite since the government revoked their operating licenses ...

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CPJ sends letter calling on Myanmar government to release all journalists

CPJ 06 Apr 2021

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. Chairman State Administration Council. Naypyidaw, Myanmar. April 6, 2021 ... Your regime has wrongly revoked the operating licenses of five privately-run news outlets—Mizzima, Myanmar Now, 7Day News, Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), and Khit Thit Media—a punitive move that clearly aims to stifle independent news reporting.

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Myanmar military files mutiny charges against journalists

Blitz 20 Mar 2021

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Myanmar military raids newsrooms, revokes 5 media outlets’ licenses

CPJ 09 Mar 2021

Today, at about 6 p.m., authorities raided Mizzima’s head office in Yangon, according to its founder and chair, Soe Myint, who communicated with CPJ by email.

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Crackdown on journalists in Myanmar

Blitz 17 Feb 2021

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CPJ condemns Myanmar police shooting of journalist with rubber bullet at anti-coup protest

CPJ 10 Feb 2021

Yesterday, in the capital city of Naypyidaw, police fired rubber bullets at demonstrators, hitting Than Htike Aung, a reporter with the local Mizzima English-language news website, on the back, according to a report by the Myanmar Now news website and a Mizzima editor who communicated with CPJ via email.

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Nine killed in Indonesia mining accident - Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight

Jakarta News 20 Apr 2020

Nine killed in Indonesia mining accident Mizzima News ... .

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Mizzima: IFC invests in sustainable tourism in Myanmar

Topix 25 Oct 2016

The International Finance Corporation , a member of the World Bank Group, is lending up to $13.5 million to United International Group Limited, a leading domestic hotel owner and operator in Myanmar, to expand United International's hospitality business, the IFC said in a statement. Tourism is a critical component of Myanmar's economy ... .

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Mizzima: 49 detained in Kachin State under Unlawful Associations Act

Topix 15 Oct 2016

Dozens of people have been charged under Myanmar's Unlawful Association Act for allegedly having connections with an ethnic rebel group in restive northern Kachin State, according to an official Thursday, the Anadolu Agency reported on 13 October ... .

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Mizzima: UK Government to strengthen gas sector in Myanmar

Topix 12 Oct 2016

A UK Government-supported programme, to strengthen the development of a modern, dynamic oil and gas sector in Myanmar, is to be launched later this month, according to a joint press release from the British Embassy in Yangon and Aberdeen International Associates ... .