Reporting from the Darkness: Journalism and Media in Myanmar 2023 Q4 and Annual Report Monitoring media repression in Myanmar 2023 Oct-Dec Since the 2021 coup until December 2023 Jan-Dec Total Women Men Journalists and news workers Arrested 5 13 202 29 173 In detention/serving jail sentences 64 64 6 58 Released 17 138 23 115 Died 1 3 6 - 6 Convicted - 6 67 12 55 1 2 15 News and other licences News licences cancelled Printing/publishing revoked permits 9 Nine convictions were handed down to six journalists in 2023, some of whom faced multiple charges and convictions. Since the coup, 67 journalists have been convicted for various charges and under different laws, with the overwhelming majority of them prosecuted under securityrelated laws. To date, Myanmar Now's Sai Zaw Theik has received the longest combined prison term of 20 years. In September, he was convicted for incitement under Section 505A of the Penal Code, , Section 124A of the Penal Code on sedition, Section 66(d) of the Telecommunications Law on criminal defamation, and Section 27 of the Natural Disaster Law for misinformation around natural disasters. The second longest sentence, 15 years in total on two counts of terrorism, went to Myo San Soe, a freelancer who has reported for the Ayeyarwaddy Times, Burma News International and Delta News Agency. Arrested in Pyapon township, Ayeyarwaddy region on 29 August 2021, 9