Yangon, Myanmar – Myanmar junta authorities have arrested two journalists in night raids, their outlet said on Wednesday, as the military cracks down on independent media.
Since toppling Aung San Suu Kyi’s government in 2021, the military has waged a sweeping and bloody campaign against dissent, and at least 170 journalists have since been arrested, according to the United Nations.
Local outlet Dawei Watch said two of its employees were arrested from their homes in the southern city of Dawei around midnight on December 11.
It said their families had been told by the military the two had been arrested for their reporting, and that their laptops and phones had been confiscated.
The military had not told their families where the two were being held, the statement said.
Two journalists and a web designer from Dawei Watch were arrested and briefly held last year, before being…
