DVB calls on Thailand not to deport its journalists to Myanmar | Media News

The three journalists and two activists are expected to appear in court on Tuesday on charges of ‘illegal entry’.

Three Myanmar journalists and two activists are set to appear in a court in Thailand on Tuesday charged with “illegal entry” as the reporters’ news organisation urged the authorities not to deport them to Myanmar because their lives would be at risk.

The group was detained during a “random search” in the northern city of Chiang Mai on Sunday, DVB said in a statement.

“DVB strongly urges the Thai authorities not to deport them back to Burma, as their life will be in serious danger if they were to return,” said Aye Chan Naing, DVB’s executive director and chief editor.

The generals who seized power from Myanmar’s democratically elected government on February 1 have cracked down on the country’s independent media, forcing organisations to stop…