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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.
Ma Thandar, the reporter’s widow, says she attended this third hearing after being kept in the dark about prior court dates.
The Myanmar Journalist Association (MJA) has announced the winners of the 2015 National Press Awards.
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A Rangoon photography exhibition displaying pictures of this year’s education protests has been cut short.
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Freelance reporter who filed the story told court the quote had been editorialised.
This DVB Documentary follows Ma Thandar, on her journey to justice after the army killing of her husband, freelance journalist Par Gyi.
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Generation 88 leader tells audience that the media should not smear democracy activists in the name of impartiality.
The heavyweight players in Burma’s press arena were in Rangoon on Thursday for a conference on media development.
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Burma’s leading media bodies have reached a 16-point agreement to protect media workers and ensure that their legal rights are respected.
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Burma’s journalists called a new bill intended to separate state media from political influence “inappropriate”.
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.
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”.
Legislation intended to transform current State media into a Public Service Media was introduced to Parliament on Monday, despite continuing censorship and budgetary concerns.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Recently-launched international channel fronted by Singaporeans could be a means to counter foreign ‘mistrust’ of Burmese television presenters
Blacklisted reporter says that possible clerical error that allowed his initial admittance is symptomatic of the wider mismanagement of Burma
Lawyers will argue that charges brought against young female reporter sentenced to 27 years imprisonment were false
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