Myanmar | RSF
5/5/25, 3:42 PM
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INDEX 2024
171 / 180
Score : 24.41
156
POLITICAL
INDICATOR
143
ECONOMIC
INDICATOR
173
LEGISLATIVE
INDICATOR
150
SOCIAL
INDICATOR
176
SECURITY
INDICATOR
23.99
32.38
18.55
36.04
15.64
The military coup of 1 February 2021 obliterated the fragile progress towards
greater press freedom that had been growing since the previous junta
disbanded in 2011.
Media landscape
The 2021 coup shattered the media landscape. The junta quickly issued a list of media
outlets that were banned for being outspoken, including the Democratic Voice of
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