ICNL: Over 220 Journalists detained since Myanmar coup, media crackdown worsens

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A new report from the International Centre for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) exposes the Myanmar military’s extensive and systematic crackdown on journalists since its February 2021 coup, documenting arbitrary detentions, torture, and draconian prison sentences.

According to ICNL’s four-year study, at least 221 journalists were detained between February 2021 and February 2025, with 51 still imprisoned as of this February. Of those detained, 88 were convicted, receiving a total of 497 years in prison, including extreme sentences of up to 27 years.