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.
Tagged: press law
Press group speaks out against media suppression
Burma’s Organising Committee for the Formation of the Myanmar [Burma] Press Union released a statement on Saturday stating that the ban placed on Snapshot weekly news journal could inhibit the country’s reform process
Gov’t suspends news journal’s operations
The government has temporarily suspended Snapshot news journal’s operations for publishing a photo of the dead body of a woman, whose rape and murder instigated sectarian violence, without prior approval
