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Media Accused of Biased Coverage of Unrest in Arakan State
Arakan :: Myanmar | 10 months ago
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A threat by Rangoon chief minister Myint Swe to prosecute news media that cover the current sectarian violence in the western state of Arakan in an irresponsible manner has highlighted the fragility of recent improvements in media freedom. Myint Swe
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Irrawaddy: Censor bans reports of VP's resignation
Vice :: Peru | 1 year ago
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Hline Thit Zin Wai, the editor of the Rangoon-based Venus News weekly. Monday and made to sign a statement agreeing to follow the censorship board's procedures after they ran a report that the vice-president had quit for health reasons. It's not that
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Will Burma put together a fair press law and an independent press council?
Yangon :: Myanmar | over 1 year ago
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45 editor The people's parliament session of Myanmar (Burma) continued for the fifth day at People's Parliament Hall in Parliamentary Building in Nay Pyi Taw on Friday, attended by Speaker of the People's Parliament (Lower House) Thura Shwe Mann
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Burma’s New Media Law May Fail to Ensure Press Freedom
Oslo :: Norway | over 1 year ago
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February 10, 2012 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Burma Media Association (BMA) in its concerns that Burma's proposed new media law may not guarantee freedom of media as the government promised...Despite inviting local
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Irrawaddy: Mind the gap, Tint Swe tells Rangoon journals
Bangkok :: Thailand | over 1 year ago
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Rangoon-based journals to his office on Wednesday to remind them that they still have to follow the board's rules until a new media law is enacted. Director Tin Swe told the editors that Burma's censorship laws are still in effect and must be obeyed,
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Mizzima News: In error, Burmese journal calls Suu Kyi ‘President’: receives warning
Chiang Mai :: Thailand | over 1 year ago
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If the phrases are ordered wrong in Burmese, the meaning can be incorrect...The picture and information referred to a meeting between opposition leader Suu Kyi and President Thien Sein in Naypyitaw. Myo Nyunt Maung, the chief editor of the journal,
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Burmese Freedom of Press hits a new low after photojournalist Zeya’s sentence
Oslo :: Norway | over 2 years ago
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09 editor Freedom of Press in Burma received another blow as Photojournalist Sithu Zeya has been sentenced to eight years in jail last Tuesday. Zeya was sentenced by the military controlled court system for his photos of the scene of an explosion
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Propaganda in the News
Moscow :: Russia | over 2 years ago
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The article is about the junta's seven step road map to democracy and states that holding a second Panglong-style conference is impossible. Another local journal editor told the Irrawaddy on Monday that: We haven't had to print this kind of article
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Irrawaddy: ‘Sandwich reporting’ keeps the censors guessing – Saw Yan Naing
Yangon :: Myanmar | almost 3 years ago
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A new term, Sandwich Reporting, has crept into the vocabulary of Burmese journalists looking for ways to bypass the government censors. Just like a sandwich, which puts a filling between two slices of bread, we insert into our stories messages that
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Journals Banned over Sexy Photos
Pyinmana :: Myanmar | almost 3 years ago
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The two journals in question are Popular and Envoy . They were closed down for one week. Popular is published by Asian Fame Media Group while Envoy is run by film and video director Sin Yaw Maung Maung. A news editor in Rangoon said, They need to
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