‘Herculean’ effort needed to rebuild country, says Suu Kyi
In her first Burmese New Year’s speech as head of the new NLD-led government, Aung San Suu Kyi called for cooperation from the country’s people.
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Court rules Par Gyi died from ‘unnatural causes’
The journalist’s widow Ma Thandar reported that the judge ruled the victim died of a gunshot wound.
Par Gyi killing: lawyers demand official investigation
The legal team representing the widow of the slain reporter say they plan to petition the Supreme Court to order the Ministry of Home Affairs to launch an official investigation into his death.
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Par Gyi’s widow slams state inquiry into his death
The widow of Burmese journalist Par Gyi, who died while in Burmese army custody last month, has rejected findings from MNHRC report into his death.
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Par Gyi tortured before death
According to eye-witness Nay Myo Zin, the corpse showed signs of torture: a broken jaw, a caved in skull and swelling on the torso indicating broken ribs.
Activist to serve over 13 years behind bars
Kyauktada Township court became the twelfth to sentence Htin Kyaw in relation to a single protest he staged in May.
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Thein Sein orders investigation into Par Gyi’s death
Thein Sein’s office has ordered the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission to conduct an investigation into the death of journalist Par Gyi.
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Missing journalist allegedly killed by Burmese army
Par Gyi– a Burmese journalist who went missing in Mon State one month ago– has been killed by government forces, according to a report allegedly written by the Burmese military.
Burma’s fourth estate meet in Rangoon
The heavyweight players in Burma’s press arena were in Rangoon on Thursday for a conference on media development.
DVB journalist’s appeal heard at Magwe court
An appeal by DVB reporter Zaw Pe, sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in April on charges of trespassing and disturbing a civil servant on duty, took place on Tuesday at Magwe Divisional Court.
The naked truth of Myanmar, a portrait of U Win Tin
Win Tin, veteran NLD leader, former journalist, and ex-political prisoner, told his extraordinary life story to DVB shortly before he died.
Burmese journalists pray for Zaw Pe’s release
Fellow DVB staff in Rangoon, wearing matching black t-shirts, and carrying placards calling for the release of journalists and greater press freedom, gathered at the east gate of Shwedagon Pagoda in a prayer session.
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Award-winning Burmese journalist dies, aged 91
Sein Win, a renowned journalist in Burma who championed press freedom and endured three stints in prison as he chronicled several decades of his country’s turbulent history, died on Thursday at age 91.
Appeal lodged for jailed DVB reporter
Lawyers will argue that charges brought against young female reporter sentenced to 27 years imprisonment were false
Burma’s double-edged sword
Release by Burmese army of child soldier after international press coverage is a small glimmer of hope in an otherwise totalitarian media society
Burmese reporter receives 20-year sentence
Jan 6, 2010 (DVB), A Burmese reporter who contributed video material to the Democratic Voice of Burma has been handed a 20-year prison sentence, bringing to 13 the number of[…]
Arrests of Burmese journalists on the rise
Oct 30, 2009 (DVB), Around 20 journalists and entertainers have been arrested in the past month while many more have gone into hiding, a reporter at a Rangoon-based news journal[…]
Media watchdogs slam journal ban
Sept 1, 2009 (DVB), Two media watchdogs have said the recent closure of a Burmese weekly journal by the government may stem from "a desire to settle old scores" between[…]
Burma’s information ministry in new email campaign
July 27, 2009 (DVB), The Ministry of Information in Burma has begun emailing government-generated newsletters to exiled Burmese activists and journalists in an attempt to counter news-sharing by exiled opposition[…]
Junta attack foreign media ‘fabrications’
Apr 6, 2009 (DVB), A leading state-run newspaper in Burma has accused foreign media of manufacturing a story in order to stir up tension between Burma and China. The New[…]
Changing patterns in Burma’s media
Htet Aung Kyaw Feb 25, 2009 (DVB), With one of the most strictly-controlled media environments in the world, Burmese journalists who oppose the military government are forced to work in[…]
Changing patterns in Burma’s media
Htet Aung Kyaw Feb 25, 2009 (DVB), With one of the most strictly-controlled media environments in the world, Burmese journalists who oppose the military government are forced to work in[…]
U Win Tin receives treatment for bronchitis
Jul 14, 2008 (DVB), Veteran journalist and long-term political prisoner U Win Tin has received medical attention in Insein prison, where he has been detained for past 19 years, according[…]
Ludu Daw Amar dies aged 93
Apr 7, 2008 (DVB), Ludu Daw Amar, one of Burma's most celebrated writers and journalists, passed away in the cardiac ward of Mandalay general hospital this morning at the age[…]
Veteran journalist Kyemon U Thaung dies at 82
Apr 7, 2008 (DVB), Veteran journalist and editor-in-chief of the Thailand-based New Era Journal Kyemon U Thaung died in exile in the US state of Florida last Thursday at the[…]
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[…]
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.[…]
Media watchdog condemns Burmese military
Aug 29, 2007 (DVB)
