The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday urged Myanmar’s Arakan Army to release local reporter Mu Dra, who was recently abducted by the rebel forces.

Shawn Crispin, CPJ’s senior Southeast Asia representative, stressed: “All combatants in Myanmar’s civil war have a responsibility to protect and not target journalists in retaliation for their news reporting.” The Arakran Army’s spokesperson has yet to respond to the CPJ’s request for comment.

Mu Dra, a journalist from the Border News Agency, was abducted on September 20 from her residence by members of the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA), according to a press release by her outlet on September 22. She was subsequently interrogated at the Arakan Army’s Intelligence Office. Mu Dra reports on human rights issues

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