Media call for greater protections after junta raid kills two journalists

In this photo provided by Thiri Lwin, Win Htut Oo, a freelance journalist working for the Democratic Voice of Burma and other media outlets, poses for a photograph on the strand road in Mawlamyine township in Mon state, Myanmar, on Feb. 24, 2024. In this photo provided by Thiri Lwin, Htet Myat Thu, a freelance journalist, takes a selfie picture near Thai border in Kayin state, Myanmar. (Htet Myat Thu/Thiri Lwin via AP)

Journalists in Myanmar are calling for greater protections for media following the killing last week of two reporters, and the heavy sentences handed down to other media professionals since the military seized power.