# Bitter reversal: Myanmar military coup wipes out press freedom gains

Committee to Protect Journalists, 2021-07-01

- Address: https://cpj.org/reports/2021/07/bitter-reversal-myanmar-journalists-jailed-imprisoned-military-crackdown/
- Kind: reference
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
- Archived copy: none yet

## Cited by

- [Myanmar junta revokes five outlets' licenses and raids newsrooms after coup](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2021-myanmar-junta-revokes-media-licenses)
- [Claim 408: The military broadened a penal-code provision to criminalize spreading false news, raising the maximum penalty to three years.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/408)
- [Claim 409: CPJ's census found at least 32 journalists imprisoned in Myanmar for their work as of July 1, 2021.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/409)

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