Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says there is a “great eagerness” in her country for U.S. sanctions to be removed. AIn a Tuesday speech in Washington, she said U.S. relations with Burma should be based on accountability. “I…
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Media Censorship: Burma Ends Censorship
The Burmese government announced on Monday the lifting—after 50 years—of direct censorship of print media, removing requirements that journalists submit articles on religion or politics for government review before publication. Private daily newspapers remain banned, though, and regulations against publishing…
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Posted in Media Censorship
Posted in Media Censorship
Burma: Censorship Abolished In ‘Months’
The head of Burma’s censorship board says a law has been drafted and is awaiting approval. Burma’s censorship chief insisted Wednesday that the country’s censorship board will be abolished in “a matter of months,” despite recent reports of a rollback…
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Posted in Censorship
Burma Celebrates Independence Amid Criticism
Burma is marking the 64th anniversary of its independence from Britain Wednesday, amid criticism that the government’s recent clemency program is not doing enough for political prisoners. President Thein Sein, in a statement commemorating independence day, praised the military’s role…
Censorship Easing In Burma
By Tyler Chapman In a reporter’s notebook, Tyler Chapman writes that journalists are pleased, but they know that restrictions can be reimposed at any time. The editor of True News, one of Rangoon’s weekly newspapers, decided recently to test the…
Tagged with: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, censorship, Myanmar, Radio Free Asia, Suu Kyi, Thein Sein, Voice of America
Posted in Free Speech, Government Control, Media Censorship
Posted in Free Speech, Government Control, Media Censorship
Skepticism Meets Burma’s Prisoner-Release Plan
Burma has announced it will release thousands of prisoners as part of a general amnesty amid indications that political prisoners could be among those set free. A leading rights group has dismissed the news, though, as a ploy that shows…
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Posted in Human Rights, Political Censorship
Posted in Human Rights, Political Censorship
Reporters In Burma Call For Easing Of Censorship
About Press Freedom Day media workers in Burma have called on the new government led by former General Thein Sein to ease censorship laws imposed by the previous military junta [SPDC]. Reporters called the new government to abolish the Printers…
Burma Sanctions Debated After Change in Government
The European Union has announced it is suspending some sanctions against Burma, now that a nominally civilian government has replaced the military one. The move follows calls for western governments to remove the economic and political punishments, altogether, and reports…
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Posted in Human Rights, Religious Censorship
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