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Detained Reuters reporters’ whereabouts remain unknown
One week since they went missing, two Reuters reporters detained by Burmese authorities are being treated well and in good health, according to a senior government spokesman, who nonetheless declined to provide information on where the two men are being held.
President gives green light for police to prosecute Reuters journalists
Journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested last Tuesday evening after they were invited to dine with police officers on the outskirts of Yangon.
Foreign journalists, crew get two-month prison sentences over Naypyidaw drone case
Four people, foreign journalists among them, have been sentenced to two months’ prison time for attempting to fly a drone in the capital.
Three reporters detained in Naypyidaw for flying drone near Parliament
Burmese police detained two journalists working for Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT and their interpreter and driver on Friday for flying a drone near the Parliament compound, amid tension between the two countries over the Rohingya crisis.
Aid workers blocked from entering Muslim camp in Myebon amid tension
Buddhists in Burma on Wednesday blocked aid workers from visiting a camp for displaced Muslims in the central part of Arakan State, where the United Nations fears the spread of violence that has already displaced hundreds of thousands.
Taungoo locals rally for ‘absolutely flawless’ Suu Kyi
Hundreds of party faithful rallied at a staging grounds in Taungoo on Saturday morning in a show of support for beleaguered State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy’s longtime figurehead.