Photojournalists document a line of police and soldiers at a pro-democracy protest on Anawratha Road in downtown Yangon on February 28. (Frontier)

The military’s war on journalists

As the military seeks to consolidate power, it is increasingly targeting journalists with lawsuits and violence in order to stop them from reporting the truth about what’s happening in Myanmar.

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