# Myanmar

Government actions against journalists in Myanmar

[RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index). World Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF); rank 1 is the freest.

The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.

Myanmar is in South-eastern Asia, Asia. The record holds 3 incidents in which the government of Myanmar, or an official, court or legislature there, limited journalists' ability to report.

## Tactics used

- [Detention and violence: 3](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents?country=MM&tactic=detention_and_violence), ladder: https://thewaronnews.com/ladders/detention_and_violence
- [Licensing and closure of outlets: 1](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents?country=MM&tactic=outlet_licensing), ladder: https://thewaronnews.com/ladders/outlet_licensing
- [Prior restraint: 1](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents?country=MM&tactic=prior_restraint), ladder: https://thewaronnews.com/ladders/prior_restraint
- [Secrets and espionage laws: 1](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents?country=MM&tactic=secrets_and_espionage_laws), ladder: https://thewaronnews.com/ladders/secrets_and_espionage_laws

## Heads of government at the time

- [Aung San Suu Kyi: 1 incident](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/aung-san-suu-kyi)
- [Min Aung Hlaing: 1 incident](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/min-aung-hlaing)
- [Saw Maung: 1 incident](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/saw-maung)

## Incidents by year

### 2021

| Date | Incident | Tactic | Stage | Head of government | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| March 8, 2021 | [Myanmar junta revokes five outlets' licenses and raids newsrooms after coup](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2021-myanmar-junta-revokes-media-licenses) | [Licensing and closure of outlets](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/outlet_licensing) | Silence | [Min Aung Hlaing](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/min-aung-hlaing) | Sustained |

### 2018

| Date | Incident | Tactic | Stage | Head of government | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 3, 2018 | [Myanmar sentences two Reuters journalists to seven years under the Official Secrets Act for reporting on a massacre](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2018-myanmar-reuters-journalists-official-secrets-act) | [Secrets and espionage laws](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/secrets_and_espionage_laws) | Eliminate | [Aung San Suu Kyi](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/aung-san-suu-kyi) | Reversed (May 7, 2019) |

### 1988

| Date | Incident | Tactic | Stage | Head of government | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 18, 1988 | [Burma's new military government tightens pre-publication press controls after seizing power](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1988-burma-slorc-press-scrutiny) | [Prior restraint](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/prior_restraint) | Silence | [Saw Maung](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/saw-maung) | Ongoing (January 1, 1989) |

Ladders: https://thewaronnews.com/ladders. Timeline: https://thewaronnews.com/timeline/country/mm.

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