PFUJ calls for end to Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
November 02, 2025: PFUJ urges Pakistan’s federal and provincial governments to end Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists and ensure their safety and press freedom.
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YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar has arrested four reporters and the chief executive officer of a private weekly journal for disclosing what it says are "state secrets" following publication of a story about the construction of a defense factory, state-run media reported.
Yangon-based Unity journal quoted villagers as saying the sprawling factory in Pauk, a township in central Myanmar's Magway region, was for production of chemical weapons — a claim the government decried as "totally baseless."
According to roadside vendors, police have taken all January 25 editions of the journal off the shelves.
State-run television reported the arrests Wednesday night.
Myanmar only recently emerged from a half century of brutal military rule. Since a nominally civilian government was installed in 2011, it has implemented sweeping reforms, from releasing political prisoners to freeing up the press. But media watchdogs say that reporters still occasionally face intimidation and arrests, especially in rural areas, and that the climate appears to be worsening.
The journal's CEO, Tin San, told The Associated Press just before his own arrest Saturday that the publication's Pauk township reporter, Lu Maw Naing, had been hauled in the night before, apparently because of the article.
Three hours later, three other reporters were taken in, according to Tin San's nephew Aung Win Tun. - AP
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