The Burmese media landscape is blighted by the existence of six imprisoned media workers while the Ministry of Information (MoI) appears driven by an agenda seemingly at odds with a revitalised Burmese media community.
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Comedians enjoy new-found freedom
There has been an explosion of artistic expression across Burma, and artists and comedians are using the country’s reform process as inspiration.
A media behind bars: press freedom after the cyclone
Francis WadeMay 4, 2009 (DVB), Yesterday, international media watchdogs and analysts were united in their criticism of the deteriorating state of the world's media. To mark World Press Freedom Day, US-based Freedom House announced that the state of the world's media had declined for a seventh straight year, while Reporters Without Borders (RSF) spoke of …
A media behind bars: press freedom after the cyclone
Francis WadeMay 4, 2009 (DVB), Yesterday, international media watchdogs and analysts were united in their criticism of the deteriorating state of the world's media. To mark World Press Freedom Day, US-based Freedom House announced that the state of the world's media had declined for a seventh straight year, while Reporters Without Borders (RSF) spoke of …
Arrest, torture and exile: Coup returns Burma to media dark age
DVB asks the international community to call for the release of all wrongfully detained journalists. A man stands on the balcony of an apartment building in Myeik, southern Burma, pleading for help as the snap and ping of bullets ring around his home. ‘Bang pots and pans!’ he calls out to the neighbourhood, and to …
Burmese journalists say govt failing to protect press freedom: survey
Journalists in Burma believe their government is failing to defend media freedom despite the transition from harsh military rule to the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, according to a survey published to mark World Press Freedom Day.