It's an unprecedented upswing for Myanmar's media. At the center: journalist U Myint Kyaw. He's fighting for imprisoned colleagues, is sitting on the newly-formed Press Council and is training a new generation.
"I remember it well. It was October 2012 and a journalist accidentally took a photo of a policeman," recalls U Myint Kyaw. "He wanted to photograph an intersection and by chance the officer ended up in the picture." But that was already enough. The reporter was arrested. From prison he called the Myanmar Journalist Network (MJN) for help. At the time, U Myint Kyaw was Secretary General of the newly founded network. He spent two hours negotiating with the police before managing to convince them that the photo was simply a mistake. The journalist was finally released. "The police refused to believe him," says the 52-year-old. "But because we're an association, we carry more weight in situations like these." (Courtesy of dw.com)
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