Myanmar: Journalism

(asked on 8th February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect journalists facing threat of harm or arrest in Myanmar.


Answered by
Nigel Adams Portrait
Nigel Adams
This question was answered on 11th February 2021

The UK condemns the coup conducted by the Myanmar military on 1 February. We have made representations at the highest level within Myanmar to encourage all sides to resolve disputes in a peaceful and legal manner. We condemn restrictions on social media as a means of limiting freedom of expression and the intimidation and persecution of those opposing the military coup. We urge the military to exercise utmost restraint towards them and refrain from actions against civil society and further disruption of communication or freedom of expression and the media. Journalists must be allowed to carry out their job without fear or threat of violence. We and the EU have called for a Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council on Myanmar on 12 February. We condemn the coup in Myanmar and the arbitrary detention of elected politicians & civil society by the military.

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