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Beating Burma's blackout
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 1 day ago
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It is a criminal offence to distribute, transfer, or acquire information that ‘undermines state security, national solidarity and culture’...In 2000 the Internet Law banned postings that are critical of the government. Cyber cafés must be licensed and...
Tags: Burma VJ Facebook, Burma Campaign UK, burma vjs, Joshua, closed country, Indonesia, Jakarta, Protests, Burma, Burma VJ, Burmese anti-government protests, Outline of Burma, Burmavj, Aung San Suu Kyi, Human rights in Burma, Entertainment Culture
Christmas wish-list alert: Oscilloscope’s DVD subscription club
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility No matter how much you love Beastie Boy Adam Yauch you’re going to love him even more now. His ultra-cool film distribution company, Oscilloscope, is starting a new DVD club . In very indie fashion, you have to sign up without knowing exactly which DVDs...
Tags: Los Angeles, Woody Harrelson, MCA, Oscilloscope, Burma VJ, Entertainment Culture, Human Interest
Is anyone unhappy about the Oscars' snub of Michael Moore?
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility Let's be honest. Is there really anyone who is up in arms over Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" being left off the Academy's 15-title short list for the best feature documentary? In fact, I would argue that when it comes to a snub of a much-ballyhooed...
Tags: Michael Moore, short list, picture arts, motion picture, love story, Oscar, documentaries features, Burma VJ&, features documentaries, documentaries film, Los Angeles, Capitalism: A Love Story, Roger & Me, Political documentaries, American film directors, Entertainment Culture, Valentino Garavani, Academy Award, The Cove, The Devil Wears Prada, Agnￃﾨs Varda, Valentino: The Last Emperor, Democratic Voice of Burma, Burmese anti-government protests, Burma, Burmavj, Human rights in Burma, Burmese media, Burma VJ, Human Interest, Tyson, Anvil, Rob Epstein, Overture Films, James Toback, Sacha Gervasi
A Stupid Swim Sinks Myanmar’s Hopes
Yangon :: Myanmar | 3 months ago
Credibility Dalton Tanonaka I’m not ashamed to say that I’m a proud, red-, white- and blue-blooded American. My favorite sports team since childhood remains the New York Yankees...But the actions of one fellow US passport holder peeved the heck out of me, cast an...
Tags: Burma VJ, Aung San Suu Kyi, Stupid Swim Sinks Myanmar, National League for Democracy, US Congress, staff member, policy review, congress staffers, United States Action, tom parry
Burma VJ film shows courage in action
Yangon :: Myanmar | 3 months ago
Credibility A still from the documentary Burma VJ shows monks who led the protest. Danish director Anders Ostergaard sorted through hours of handheld footage to tell the story of the Saffron Revolution. (Associated Press) For the young video journalists portrayed...
Tags: Myanmar, Burma VJ, Aung San Suu Kyi, Jim Webb, Indonesia, Burmese Army, Senate, US Senator Webb
Myanmar says to amnesty prisoners before elections
Yangon :: Myanmar | 4 months ago
Credibility Myanmar is planning to amnesty prisoners to enable them to take part in national elections next year, at the request of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the country's U.N. envoy said on Monday. But, addressing the U.N. Security Council, Ambassador...
Tags: Democratic Voice of Burma, Burma VJ, United Nations Security Council, China, Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese, UN Security Council, United Nations Ambassador, France
Burma resumes Aung Suu Kyi trial
Yangon :: Myanmar | 4 months ago
Credibility One of only two defence witnesses allowed in the trial of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has testified in court. Dozens of Ms Suu Kyi's supporters gathered outside Insein Prison near Rangoon, where she is being tried for breaking the terms...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma VJ, Ms Suu Kyi, Rangoon, leader aung, Myanmar, Aung Suu Kyi, kyi trial, Gen Khin Nyunt
Monks, tanks and videotape – John Anderson
Bangkok :: Thailand | 6 months ago
Credibility HE lives in Thailand now, largely because he doesn’t think he could hold up under torture. “I’m not sure how much I could keep secrets,” said the slight, shaggy-haired, 27-year-old Burmese video journalist, who is considered a public enemy by his country’s...
Limitations of the global human rights paradigm
Brussels :: Belgium | 8 months ago
Credibility Since the 1988 uprising, Burma campaign groups have adopted the standard approach of the transnational human rights movement everywhere, advocating shaming and sanctions to induce the military regime to comply with international norms.
Tags: Burma VJ, Eastern Burma, human rights, burma vjs
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