ambassador to the United Nations.įour other foreign journalists have been detained and subsequently released since the coup: American Nathan Maung Robert Bociaga of Poland and Japanese reporters Toru Kubota and Yuki Kitazumi. Fenster was released in November that year after negotiations led by the late Bill Richardson, former U.S. citizen Danny Fenster, who worked for the banned publication Frontier Myanmar, was detained as he was about to fly home and later sentenced to 11 years in prison. Since seizing power, the Myanmar junta has not shied away from jailing foreigners. “You have to wonder how viable this model is going to be,” of being based in Thailand. “My understanding is that the junta regime is pressuring the Thais not to allow this,” he said. Crispin expressed concern that the current Thai government has remained close to military leaders in the capital of Naypyidaw, and may be willing to rein in independent Myanmar media. But while Bangkok was supportive in the past, Mr.
Most exiled journalists are based in Thailand, as they were during the previous period of junta rule. Many smaller publications that sprang up during Myanmar’s brief period of openness have struggled to survive however, bled of funds and staff, and facing increasing difficulties.
Myanmar Now is one of several larger independent media outlets continuing to cover the country from exile, along with The Irrawaddy news group and the Democratic Voice of Burma. His sentence is the longest any journalist has received since the 2021 coup, and “yet another indication that freedom of the press has been completely quashed under the military junta’s rule,” said Swe Win, editor-in-chief of Myanmar Now. This month, Myanmar Now photojournalist Sai Zaw Thaike was sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges including “spreading misinformation,” after he was arrested while reporting on the impact of Cyclone Mocha.
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