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#WPFD 2021: Myanmar’s Press Freedom Crackdown (May 6)

IPI Online Press Briefing   The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, organized an online press briefing with * Soe Myint, Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director of Mizzima Media Group, Myanmar * Thin Lei Win, freelance journalist (See speakers’ bios below ↓) Myanmar’s military junta […]

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Myanmar – Democracy and Press Freedom under Threat (Feb. 8, 2021)

PRESS BRIEFING WITH Soe Myint, Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director of Mizzima Media Group, Myanmar On 1 February 2021, a few hours before the swearing in of the newly elected Parliament, the Myanmar military carried out a coup d’état, detaining Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), and President Win […]

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