Refusing to be silenced, some Myanmar journalists work from shadows


People walking in the downtown area of Yangon on June 10, 2020, as Myanmar's economy reopens following restrictions to halt the spread of the Covid-19. The Myanmar government had revoked some oppressive laws and was drafting both a right to information law and a hate speech law.- AFP

YANGON (Reuters): Hiding from Myanmar's police, journalist Aung Marm Oo refuses to conceal his anger with the civilian government led by Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as his country prepares for an election later this year.

"Democracy is already dead," the 37-year-old editor-in-chief of Development Media Group (DMG) told Reuters from a location he asked to keep secret.

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