Commentary: Happy New Year Burma!
Goldie Shwe Apr 7, 2008 (DVB), One of the courageous members of the National League for Democracy who gathered to protest on the 63rd Anniversary of Anti-Fascist Revolution Day on[…]
Happy New Year Burma!
Goldie Shwe Apr 7, 2008 (DVB), One of the courageous members of the National League for Democracy who gathered to protest on the 63rd Anniversary of Anti-Fascist Revolution Day on[…]
Censors restrict media reporting on referendum
Apr 4, 2008 (DVB), The Burmese state censor board has issued strict instructions to the print media on how the upcoming national referendum should be reported, journalists said. A journalist[…]
Censors allow Ludu Sein Win to publish again
Mar 21, 2008 (DVB), Veteran journalist Ludu Sein Win has been informed by the state censor board that his writing can be published again after a brief ban, he told[…]
Detained poet in hospital with hernia
Mar 21, 2008 (DVB), Poet Saw Wai, who was detained after the publication of his poem containing a hidden political message, is being treated in Insein prison hospital, his wife[…]
Ludu Sein Win banned after political speech
Mar 20, 2008 (DVB), The work of renowned veteran Burmese journalist Ludu Sein Win has been unofficially banned by the government censor board from weekly journals and publications, said journalists[…]
NLD members arrested over Rambo DVDs
Mar 10, 2008 (DVB) , Two National League for Democracy members from Hlaing township in Rangoon were arrested on Saturday for possession of DVDs of the film Rambo. NLD spokesperson[…]
Myanmar Nation staff charged with press violations
Mar 3, 2008 (DVB), The editor and manager of the Myanmar Nation news journal appeared in court on Friday to face charges against them under the printing law. Daw Khin[…]
Myanmar Times to go daily
Feb 25, 2008 (DVB), The publisher of the weekly Myanmar Times newspaper, Myanmar Consolidated Media Company, is to publish a daily newspaper from May this year, according to one of[…]
Saw Wai denies responsibility for anti-junta poem
Feb 21, 2008 (DVB), Detained poet Saw Wai said yesterday that the editor of Achit Journal chose to publish his controversial poem despite it being rejected by the censor board.[…]
Detained blogger receives family visit
Feb 20, 2008 (DVB), Family members of detained blogger Nay Phone Latt, who is currently being held in Insein prison, were allowed to visit him for the first time on[…]
Officials conduct second raid on journal office
Feb 19, 2008 (DVB), The offices of the weekly journal Myanmar Nation in Thingangyun township, Rangoon division, were raided yesterday evening for the second time in four days. In the[…]
Rambo welcomed by Burmese in Singapore
Feb 5, 2008 (DVB)-An audience of 600 Burmese people in Singapore gave a positive reception to the film Rambo at a screening organised by the Overseas Myanmar Patriots Association on[…]
Funeral fund's announcements blocked
Feb 4, 2008 (DVB), The Free Funeral Service Society’s announcements in the weekly Ray of Light journal have been banned by the government censor board, a donor to the charity[…]
Detained poet denied visits and parcels
Jan 31, 2008 (DVB), Prison authorities have received an order stating that a poet who was arrested on 22 January for writing a controversial poem can no longer receive visits[…]
U Win Tin in good condition after operation
Jan 29, 2008 (DVB), Veteran journalist and long-term political prisoner U Win Tin is making a good recovery after an operation for a hernia, his friend U Maung Maung Khin[…]
U Win Tin undergoes hospital treatment
Jan 25, 2008 (DVB), U Win Tin, a veteran journalist and political prisoner of 18 years, has been admitted to Rangoon general hospital to undergo an operation for a hernia.[…]
Poet arrested for hidden message
Jan 23, 2008 (DVB), A poet whose work was published in the weekly Achit Journal has been arrested after authorities found a hidden anti-government message in his poem. Issue 46,[…]
Myanmar Times banned for one week by censors
Jan 17, 2008 (DVB), The Burmese government censor board has imposed a one-week ban on the weekly Myanmar Times newspaper after it published a story about the postponement of new[…]
NLD warned over political journals
Jan 16, 2008 (DVB), National League for Democracy officials were summoned before the government censor board yesterday and given a warning about political journals given out by NLD youth wing[…]
Junta to reconsider satellite fee increase
Jan 10, 2008 (DVB), Myanmar Post and Telecommunications is postponing the introduction of the new satellite licence renewal fees for 2008 until further notice, according to one of its officials.[…]
Rights activists’ appeal denied by court
Jan 9, 2008 (DVB), Three human rights activists who are currently serving time in Taung-ngu prison in Bago division had their appeal rejected by Prome court on Monday. Thet Oo,[…]
Journalists' phones cut off in Rangoon
Jan 3, 2008 (DVB), Mobile phones and landlines used by reporters and foreign correspondents have been cut off by Myanma Post and Telecommunications following the September protests, said media sources[…]
Steep rise in satellite TV fees
Jan 3, 2008 (DVB), The cost of renewing an annual satellite television licence has risen sharply from 6000 to 1 million kyat, while new users will face a 2 million[…]
Sermons cancelled in North Okkalapa
Dec 27, 2007 (DVB), Government officials in North Okkalapa township, Rangoon, have cancelled at short notice sermons due to be given by five abbots, according to a township resident. A[…]
Poet flees to Thai-Burma border
Nov 28, 2007 (DVB), A Burmese poet facing a second trial for publishing politically sensitive material, despite having already been punished for the offence earlier this year, has fled to[…]
Pinheiro story banned by censors
Nov 22, 2007 (DVB), A Burmese news journal was forced by the censor board to cover up its front-page news story on the United Nations special rapporteur's visit to the[…]
