IPI demands accountability for the killing of Myanmar journalist Myat Thu Tan, who was shot and killed while in military custody in the town of Mrauk-U, in western Rakhine, on January 31. Myat Thu Tan was a contributor for the local media outlet Western News as well as the Democratic Voice of Burma. He previously […]

The IPI global network condemns plans by Myanmar’s military junta to sue two independent media outlets, Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) and Mizzima, for broadcasting fees incurred prior to the military coup in February 2021. Since the junta took power, independent media has faced an extreme crackdown, including the jailing of journalists and closure of […]

From AI to open-source reporting, five media practitioners shared their forward-thinking approaches to media innovation during “The Big Idea” session at the recent 2023 IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival. Much of the conversation, moderated by Danuta Bregula, expert-in-residence at the Media Development Investment Fund, focused on how different newsroom types can effectively and […]

The IPI global network strongly condemns the sentencing of Thaung Win, the former publisher of independent news outlet The Irrawaddy, to five years in prison for sedition. We call on the military authorities to immediately release Win and all imprisoned journalists in the country. Win was arrested in September 2022 in his home and initially […]