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    Journalists urge new information minister to continue reforms

    As a former member of Burma’s Press Council, Information Minister Pe Myint is expected to push for further reforms of the media sector.

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    ‘No prospect for peace’ with Kokang, says Burma’s army chief

    The issue of disarmament was high on the agenda, both with Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyidaw and at an ethnic summit in northern Thailand.

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    Election 2015 roundup: 11 May

    In election news: The NLD launches an awareness campaign; the USDP plans a strategy for victory; a code of conduct for the press.

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    Cautious optimism ahead of “sexpartite” talks

    A sense of cautious optimism is emerging with respect to the upcoming “sexpartite” talks on constitutional reform, which will be held on Friday in Naypyidaw.

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    MOI serves Herald with summons

    MOI has served a judicial summons to the Myanmar Herald Journal notifying the weekly that it has been charged with defamation under the Media Law.

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    MOI to sue Herald for defamation

    MOI said it plans to sue the Herald for defamation after it quoted an NLD leader making a statement which the MOI claims “hurt the dignity and rights of [President Thein Sein].”

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    Unity five launch last appeal against harsh sentence

    A final appeal against the verdict for five Unity Weekly journal employees — who were sentenced to ten years in prison with hard labour in July — was submitted to Magwe regional court on Thursday.

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    Charges dropped for 50 media activists

    A case filed against more than 50 journalists in mid-July for a demonstration demanding greater media freedoms has been dropped, according to Rangoon’s Kamayut Township police.

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    Press Council expects to work ‘side by side’ with Ye Htut

    DVB interviewed Interim Press Council member Chit Win Maung to learn what transpired at the Council’s meeting with new information minister, Ye Htut.

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    Interim Press Council advises Rangoon newsrooms

    Burma’s Interim Press Council has advised journalists and media workers to follow a code of ethics that will safeguard them from government prosecution.

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    Charges reduced in Bi Mon Te Nay trial

    Charges against five employees of the Bi Mon Te Nay news journal and one activist were reduced on Monday.

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    Bullet Points: 1 August 2014

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    Bullet Points: bringing you the news for Thursday 17 July.

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    Govt aims to muzzle press before 2015 elections, says Press Council

    The recent jailing of Unity Weekly journalists and the threats of legal action against reporters is hindering the free press, the Interim Press Council said.

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    Europe-backed journalism school opens in Rangoon

    Burma’s first private journalism school in more than half a century opened its doors in Rangoon on Monday morning, poised to prepare aspiring reporters for the country’s turbulent media environment.

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    Fifty charged after protest for media freedom

    Over 50 journalists and their supporters have been charged for protesting illegally after calling for media freedom.

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    DVB journalist Zaw Pe freed

    Zaw Pe was freed from Thayat prison, Magwe on Friday after a court reduced his sentence from one year to three months.

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    Burma’s media laws rife with ‘loopholes’

    Information Minister Aung Kyi conceded on Saturday that Burma’s media landscape is “not a good situation” because of legal shortcomings that he termed “loopholes”.

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    Report shows scepticism over Burma’s press freedom

    Burma’s ‘democratic spring’ may be cooling down as progress towards media freedom stagnates, according to the 2014 World Press Freedom Index.

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    Parliament begins review of 30 bills

    The ninth session of Parliament commenced in Burma’s capital city Naypyidaw on Monday, with a total of thirty bills up for review by both the upper and lower houses.

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    Press council meets with NLD to discuss disputed draft media bill

    Burma’s interim press council met with the representatives from the NLD on Tuesday as the group attempts to shore up support for a new media bill drafted by the group that stirred up controversy

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    Burma publishing bill to reintroduce censorship: activists

    Free speech advocates have slammed Burma’s controversial publishing bill, which was passed by the lower house of parliament last week, amid concerns that it will reintroduce censorship

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    Lower house passes controversial press law

    Burma’s lower house of parliament approved a controversial publishing law to the dismay of members of the interim press council who claim the bill contains measures that will hinder the fourth estate

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