DVB video journalist Zaw Pe, who was sentenced to one year in prison on 7 April, is included in a list of “100 information heroes” announced by international watchdog Reporters Without Borders ahead of World Press Freedom Day.
Burmese authorities have introduced new visa regulations for foreign correspondents as of early February, limiting foreign journalists to one month visas, instead of the previous three month stay.
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Burma’s ‘democratic spring’ may be cooling down as progress towards media freedom stagnates, according to the 2014 World Press Freedom Index.
