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    Tagged: press

    Lead Story Media News Rohingya

    Phuketwan journalists cleared on all charges

    Australian Alan Morison and Thai national Chutima Sidasathian had been sued by a Thai naval officer on charges of defamation and the Computer Crimes Act.

    Lead Story Media Mon News

    Witness testimony heard in Par Gyi case

    Ma Thandar, the reporter’s widow, says she attended this third hearing after being kept in the dark about prior court dates.

    Lead Story Media News

    DVB honoured with press award for Laogai coverage

    The Myanmar Journalist Association (MJA) has announced the winners of the 2015 National Press Awards.

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    Education Lead Story News Protest

    Doors closed on education protest showcase

    A Rangoon photography exhibition displaying pictures of this year’s education protests has been cut short.

    Lead Story Media News Parliament

    Journalists imprisoned for misquote of military MP

    Freelance reporter who filed the story told court the quote had been editorialised.

    Journey to Justice: The Par Gyi Case (Part Three) video

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    Journey to Justice: The Par Gyi Case (Part Three)

    This DVB Documentary follows Ma Thandar, on her journey to justice after the army killing of her husband, freelance journalist Par Gyi.

    Lead Story Media News Society Uncategorized

    Min Ko Naing: Media not impartial

    Generation 88 leader tells audience that the media should not smear democracy activists in the name of impartiality.

    Burma’s fourth estate meet in Rangoon video

    Lead Story Media News

    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.

    Bullet Points: 1 August 2014 video

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    Bullet Points: 1 August 2014

    Watch today’s top stories with Angus Watson.

    Burma’s media bodies call for press protection video

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    Burma’s media bodies call for press protection

    Burma’s leading media bodies have reached a 16-point agreement to protect media workers and ensure that their legal rights are respected.

    Lead Story Media News Politics

    Journalists slam Public Service Media Law

    Burma’s journalists called a new bill intended to separate state media from political influence “inappropriate”.

    Lead Story Special Report

    Free Zaw Pe

    DVB video journalist Zaw Pe has been sentenced to one year in prison after being found guilty of trespassing and disturbing a civil servant in an attempt to conduct an interview.

    Lead Story Media News

    DVB reporter sentenced to 1 year for ‘disturbing a civil servant’

    Zaw Pe, a reporter for the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), was sentenced to one year imprisonment on Monday by a court in Magwe after being found guilty of “trespassing” and “disturbing a civil servant on duty”.

    Lead Story Media News

    Public Service Media Bill rejected by Interim Press Council

    Legislation intended to transform current State media into a Public Service Media was introduced to Parliament on Monday, despite continuing censorship and budgetary concerns.

    Unity journalists’ trial begins in Pakokku video

    Lead Story Media News Video

    Unity journalists’ trial begins in Pakokku

    The trial of four journalists and the CEO of Unity Weekly journal, charged with violating the State Secrets Act, began on Monday at Pakokku district court.

    Lead Story Media News Politics

    Unity Weekly journalists in court for ‘disclosing state secrets’

    The trial of five media workers arrested last month has begun. The group have been charged with ‘disclosing state secrets’ following a report on a ‘secret chemical weapons facility’ in Magwe Division.

    Lead Story Media News

    Burmese media groups condemn Unity Weekly arrests

    Press bodies across Burma are united in their condemnation of the continuing detention of five journalists, saying it is reminiscent of the previous military regime.

    Lead Story Media News

    Journalists remain in prison

    Five media workers are still being held inside Burma’s notorious Pakokku and Insein prisons for reporting on an alleged chemical weapons facility in Magwe Division’s Pauk Township.

    Lead Story Media News

    Burmese publishers leave newspapers on the scrapheap

    Of more than 30 publishers who originally applied to launch daily newspapers, seven have relinquished their licences while another five must go to print before 31 March or face the same fate.

    DVB viewers treated to TV news blooper video

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    DVB viewers treated to TV news blooper

    Reading aloud from her news script without realising she was still on air, DVB news anchor Moe Myint Zin exclaimed dah bae! – meaning “that’s it!” – and removed her microphone and ear piece as the cameras rolled on.

    Lead Story Media News

    Burma amends controversial publishing law

    Burma’s parliament has agreed to amend parts of a controversial new publishing bill, which critics say is being used to re-introduce censorship in the former military dictatorship.

    Lead Story Media News

    Media law unresolved in Parliament

    Burma’s Interim Press Council and the Ministry of Information fail to resolve differences over three key articles as the debate over a new media law continues.

    Media News

    Burma state television goes global

    Recently-launched international channel fronted by Singaporeans could be a means to counter foreign ‘mistrust’ of Burmese television presenters

    Media News

    CNN reporter again expelled from Burma

    Blacklisted reporter says that possible clerical error that allowed his initial admittance is symptomatic of the wider mismanagement of Burma

    Media News

    Appeal lodged for jailed DVB reporter

    Lawyers will argue that charges brought against young female reporter sentenced to 27 years imprisonment were false

    News Politics Uncategorized

    Burma freedom is 'worst of the worst'

    Jan 13, 2010 (DVB), A Washington-based NGO has labeled Burma one of the worst countries in the world for 'freedom' in an annual report, released yesterday. Burma ranks alongside nine[…]

    News Politics

    Burma among world’s ‘most corrupt’ states

    Nov 18, 2009 (DVB), Burma has been ranked third from bottom in an international report examining corruption in 180 countries around the world, with only the war-ravaged Somalia and Afghanistan[…]

    Media News Politics

    Newspaper typo leads to journalist arrest

    Nov 18, 2009 (DVB), A glaring typo in one of Burma's leading newspapers has landed a journalist in detention and temporarily delayed the printing run of the publication. The Mandalay-based[…]

    Media News

    Burma drops in press freedom index

    Oct 20, 2009 (DVB), The sentencing of Burmese journalists and bloggers in September last year has pushed the country another spot lower in an annual press freedom index. Burma has[…]

    Media News Politics

    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[…]

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