Burma’s government should immediately end arbitrary arrests of journalists and ensure that media laws promote a free press, said Human Rights Watch on World Press Freedom Day.
Citing several cases of arbitrary detention, the Human Rights Watch deputy Asia Director, Phil Robertson, said,
Citing several cases of arbitrary detention, the Human Rights Watch deputy Asia Director, Phil Robertson, said,
"This serious backsliding raises concerns about the government’s commitment to a free press.”
“World Press Freedom Day should be marked with the lifting of restrictions on journalists, not threats of new arrests or oppressive media laws. Only through a free press and government respect for journalists’ rights will democratic reform move forward.”