Media watchdogs condemn attack on Arakanese journalist
Media watchdog groups urge the Burmese authorities to protect journalists after an attack on Arakanese journalist Min Min’s home.
Media watchdog groups urge the Burmese authorities to protect journalists after an attack on Arakanese journalist Min Min’s home.
Amnesty International said it was a “dark day for freedom of expression” in Burma, while Reporters Sans Frontières referred to the sentencing as a “grave setback for press freedom” in the country.
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.
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