By Peter Aung On a briskly cold Sunday morning in November Min Min, Ye Htut and Shan Ma collect bottles and cans to raise funds for Burma, 11,748 kms (7,300…
Day: November 21, 2022
DVB Reads: Mayco Naing on "Burma Spring: Poetry & Photography in Resistance" (Book Launch)
Burmese artist Mayco Naing discusses co-editing “Burma Spring: Poetry & Photography in Resistance.” The book features 14 poets and seven photographers from Burma, either in exile, imprisoned, or killed since…
IFJ Report: Japanese video journalist released amid prisoner amnesty in Burma
Myanmar’s military junta announced the release of Japanese documentary filmmaker, Toru Kubota, and three other foreign nationals on November 17, as part of an amnesty of 5,774 political prisoners. The…
Diaspora communities in Canada and Australia stage anti-military junta rallies
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Burmese-Canadians, and supporters, rally alongside special guest Han Lay at Toronto City Hall’s Nathan Phillips Square on Nov. 19. Burma’s diaspora communities in Canada and Australia…