Showing posts with label Myanmar's Journalist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Myanmar's Journalist. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

They are hunted and in hiding but Myanmar's journalists continue to report the truth

ABC (KTEN)
By Helen Regan, Rebecca Wright and Paula Hancocks, CNN Business
Monday, May 3rd 2021, 

Journalist Ye Wint Thu was already on the run when his name and photo appeared on a wanted list broadcast by Myanmar's military junta.

For weeks, he had been documenting protests in Yangon against the military coup. But in early March, after a colleague was violently arrested in the south of the country, and the junta revoked the licenses of five prominent media organizations, his included, he got word that he should go into hiding.

"I got a call from my source saying I should run right now because they are going to arrest you tonight," said Ye Wint Thu, who is in his late 30s.