Myanmar Soldiers, Aiming to Silence Protests, Target Journalists – The New York Times

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Myanmar Soldiers, Aiming to Silence Protests, Target Journalists

The security forces have arrested at least 56 reporters, outlawed online news outlets and crippled communications. Young people have stepped in with their phones to help document the brutality.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/world/asia/myanmar-journalists-arrests.html

Another photojournalist shot that day, U Si Thu, 36, was hit in his left hand as he was holding his camera to his face and photographing soldiers in Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city. He said he believes the soldier who shot him was aiming for his head.

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