What actually gets you arrested? According to our Q1 Media Report, a clear pattern emerges in how the junta targets journalists, the "crime" is almost never a security threat, it's the act of documenting one. Covering a protest, reporting from a conflict zone.. tinyurl.com/ytfrsa96 #Myanmar #athan

In June, the military heavily cracked down on the public’s peaceful participation in the Rose Movement. Authorities carried out arbitrary arrests, physical assaults, and rigorous stop-and-search inspections targeting individuals who wore roses, sold them.. more > tinyurl.com/5h9whs79 #Myanmar #athan

"𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝟒.𝟔𝐁 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓" "𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦, 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟒.𝟔 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝’𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧," said Luis Costa, Research Lead at Surfshark. #athan #InternetFreedom

Today marks the 64th anniversary of the historic "7th July" uprising. We pay our highest respects to the student comrades and citizens who courageously fought and sacrificed their lives fighting against the military dictatorship. #athan #7july #myanmar

𝑨𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒄𝒉 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑴𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒎𝒂𝒓'𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒎 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. The research paper reveals that 215 individuals were arrested for freedom of expression violations between July 2025 and March 2026. Eng : tinyurl.com/2s42nssy MM : tinyurl.com/59cpw8u4

At the 2026 World Press Freedom Day conference, UNESCO warned of a alarming 10% global decline in press freedom, driven by intensifying conflicts, economic pressures, and rising digital misinformation. #athan #Myanmar #UNESCO #PressFreedom

Recent data reveals that journalists in both the United States and Myanmar continue to face severe violence, arrests, legal persecution, and censorship. While the scale and nature of these threats differ, they collectively highlight a dangerous global trend that undermines.. #athan #Myanmar

The Status of FOE in Myanmar [May 2026] The military's Ministry of Information announced that a total of 97 news agency operating licenses have now been canceled. The IPC Myanmar states that Myanmar remains on the list of the worst countries for media freedom. tinyurl.com/mtxy2add #athan #Myanmar

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝑴𝑬𝑫𝑰𝑨 𝑭𝑹𝑬𝑬𝑫𝑶𝑴 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠? 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎, 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒..

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐔𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞: 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐲𝐚 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Along with 74 civil society organisations across Southeast Asia, we demand.. 1️⃣ Change.org to remove the “Remove Rohingya from Malaysia” from its platform for violating its community guidelines.. #Rohingya

𝑵𝑬𝑾 𝑻𝑨𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑪𝑺 𝑰𝑵 𝑴𝑬𝑫𝑰𝑨 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑻𝑹𝑶𝑳 Media control has been taking in a new form which voluntary pro-military alliances and civilian actors have involved in scrutinising independent journalists. 📜Pg 11 > tinyurl.com/ytfrsa96 #athan #Myanmar #Journalistsafety

April 2026 marked the month when the new government was formed and parliamentary sessions commenced based on the results of the military’s sham elections. From 2021 to April 2026, 18 news agencies had their licenses revoked. more > tinyurl.com/yjck7nfk #athan #Myanmar #FOE

၂၀၂၅ - ၂၀၂၆ ရွေးကောက်ပွဲ ကာလအတွင်း လွတ်လပ်စွာ ထုတ်ဖော်ပြောဆိုခွင့် အခြေအနေကို လေ့လာဆန်းစစ်ခြင်း" အတုအယောင် ရွေးကောက်ပွဲကာလဖြစ်သည့် ၂၀၂၅ ခုနှစ်၊ ဇူလိုင်လမှ ၂၀၂၆ခုနှစ်၊ မတ်လအတွင်း ရွေးကောက်ပွဲနှင့် ဆက်စပ်သည့် လွတ်လပ်စွာထုတ်ဖော်ပြောဆိုခွင့် ချိုးဖောက်ခံရပြီး ဖမ်းဆီးခံရသူများကို စိစစ်ကြည့်ရာ စုစုပေါင်း (၂၁၅) ဦးအထိ ရှိခဲ့သည်။ 📜> tinyurl.com/2m6jvww2 #athan #Myanmar #ShamElection

"𝑺𝑯𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑴𝑬𝑫𝑰𝑨 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑭𝑬𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑳𝑺" 𝑁𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑀𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑚𝑎𝑟’𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒. 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦..

"𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐚𝐲" 𝘖𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝘴 𝘞𝑜𝘳𝑙𝘥 𝘗𝑟𝘦𝑠𝘴 𝘍𝑟𝘦𝑒𝘥𝑜𝘮 𝘋𝑎𝘺, 𝑀𝘢𝑦 3, 2026, 𝘸𝑒 ℎ𝘰𝑛𝘰𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑐𝘰𝑢𝘳𝑎𝘨𝑒 𝑎𝘯𝑑 𝑟𝘦𝑠𝘪𝑙𝘪𝑒𝘯𝑐𝘦 𝘰𝑓 𝑀𝘺𝑎𝘯𝑚𝘢𝑟’𝑠 𝑗𝘰𝑢𝘳𝑛𝘢𝑙𝘪𝑠𝘵𝑠. 𝘚𝑖𝘯𝑐𝘦 𝘵ℎ𝘦 2021 𝑚𝘪𝑙𝘪𝑡𝘢𝑟𝘺 𝘤𝑜𝘶𝑝, 𝘵ℎ𝘦𝑦 ℎ𝘢𝑣𝘦 𝘰𝑝𝘦𝑟𝘢𝑡𝘦𝑑 𝑤𝘪𝑡𝘩𝑖𝘯 𝘰𝑛𝘦 𝘰𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑤𝘰𝑟𝘭𝑑’𝑠 𝑚𝘰𝑠𝘵 𝘥𝑎𝘯𝑔𝘦𝑟𝘰𝑢𝘴 𝘦𝑛𝘷𝑖𝘳𝑜𝘯𝑚𝘦𝑛𝘵𝑠 𝑓𝘰𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑚𝘦𝑑𝘪𝑎. More> tinyurl.com/ytfrsa96 #athan #Myanmar #WPFD

Athan launches a new report "Unbowed" a critical analysis of how resistance forces react to non-violent public protests. True federal democracy requires the protection of human rights at every level. more > tinyurl.com/y27ebr2d #athan #FOE #Myanmar

During March 2026, it was observed that restrictive measures and control over telephone and internet communication lines in Myanmar continued to escalate. In particular, surveillance and controls in the telecommunications sector have increased... more > tinyurl.com/yjnwj5fm #Myanmar #athan

𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑚𝑎𝑟'𝑠 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠, 2025 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 >> tinyurl.com/3sx52tpc #athan #Myanmar

"In order to attract reaction and engagement, some headlines we use are no longer aligned with journalistic principles. Even if a headline feels sensational or unethical, if we know the audience prefers it, we feel compelled to publish it.. see on pg 20 >> tinyurl.com/3sx52tpc #athan #Myanmar

Since the coup of February 2021, at least 216 journalists have been arrested for doing nothing more than telling the truth. 11 have died in cells, in airstrikes, under circumstances that will never see justice. As of today, 31 remain behind bars.. More > tinyurl.com/3sx52tpc #Myanmar #Athan

If you speak up or express your own thoughts and opinions, there will always be people who disagree with you. Even though this is a liberated area, there are many different groups and individuals here who could come and harm you for that.” pg 17 > tinyurl.com/yc5b4ss2 #athan #athanmm #Myanmar

Our latest report reveals a troubling reality: Across 4 revolutionary legal frameworks in Myanmar (FDC, Karenni, Sagaing, Mandalay), freedom of expression exists more on paper than in practice. more : tinyurl.com/mr4bbfzj #Athan #Myanmar #FOE #Report

How does Freedom of Expression vary across Myanmar? From the Federal Democracy Charter to regional administrations in Sagaing and Mandalay, the "On-Ground Protection" for rights remains critically low. more > tinyurl.com/mr4bbfzj #athan #Myanmar #FoE

February marks the fifth anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar. While various forms of non-violent protests and activities against the coup and the military dictatorship were annually held across the nation every Feb since 2021, 📜 >> tinyurl.com/3uwtwacm #Myanmar #athan

Security means both for the journalists and the public. These concerns have affected the freedom to report news; you can’t include everything you know. There are certain parts that can’t be fully disclosed, and there are constraints. 📜 tinyurl.com/mr4bbfzj #athan #Myanmar

The military is suppressing critics and opponents of the election by utilizing the Election Protection Law. In January alone, 12 individuals were prosecuted under this law. more : tinyurl.com/m83vpsb7 #athan #Myanmar

[Open letter to the UN Human Rights Council] Myanmar crisis is the direct consequence of the military’s attempted coup and its subsequent campaign of systematic violence to seize power against the will of the people. more : tinyurl.com/mvjuvpmj

Is Freedom of Expression truly protected in Myanmar’s revolutionary territories? Athan’s latest report reveals that while the 2008 Constitution has been abolished, new interim legal frameworks are failing to prevent arbitrary censorship on the ground. More > tinyurl.com/5n7649z5 #Myanmar #athan

"Report to the People on the Fifth Anniversary of the Revolution" Today marks five years since the Spring Revolution began. Over these years,the people of Myanmar have faced unprecedented challenges and endured them with strength. #Myanmar #athan #SpringRevolution #5thAnni #1stFeb

The State of Freedom of Expression in Myanmar: December 2025. In Dec 2025, the military held the first phase of a sham election, which they are portraying as their political exit strategy. more> tinyurl.com/5v57y5xm #athanmm #Myanmar