The International Press Institute (IPI) today voiced concern after the heads of a Myanmar media group were detained on criminal defamation charges over an article suggesting that a local official accepted an expensive wristwatch in exchange for approving a development project. Eleven Media Group CEO U Than Htut Aung and Editor-in-Chief U Wai Phyo were […]

A case alleging that Myanmar news outlet Mizzima Media committed a cyber-crime by publishing a column online criticising a rival media outlet’s reporting risks setting a dangerous precedent and should be dismissed immediately, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. A Mizzima columnist and two editors were granted bail on Thursday after prosecutors moved forward […]

A court in Myanmar on Monday jailed BBC Burmese Service reporter Nay Myo Lin for three months with hard labour for allegedly attacking a policeman while covering student protests last year in Mandalay. A Mandalay court found Lin, 40, guilty of assaulting an on-duty police officer who had reportedly knocked a man off a motorbike. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed Myanmar President Htin Kyaw’s pardon of some 83 political prisoners, including four journalists and a media CEO imprisoned since 2014 over news reports on an alleged secret military chemical weapons factory. The pardon, signed by the president on Saturday, came just weeks after the new government of Aung […]