DVB’s Aye Nai spoke with Aung Myo Min, the director of Equality Myanmar and co-founder of the Human Rights Education Institute of Burma, about “free speech” and “hate speech”, and…
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MP calls on media to employ ‘polite usage’ when criticising parliament
Parliamentarian Thein Nyunt called on journalists to use “polite usage” and have a “positive attitude” when criticising the country’s parliament
'Groundbreaking' literary festival
Burma launched its first international literary festival by Rangoon’s Inya lake over the weekend. The British ambassador to Burma, Andrew Heyn, said the event was ‘groundbreaking’ as international and local…
Mining ministry drops defamation lawsuit
Burma’s ministry of mining has agreed to drop its defamation lawsuit against the Voice Weekly news journal, which was launched after they printed corruption allegations against the agency in March…
Lawyers protest privatisation of historic courthouse
Dozens of lawyers protested this morning in front of a courthouse in downtown Rangoon against government’s plan to privatise historical buildings
Renowned Burma observer receives visa after decades on blacklist
Swedish journalist Bertil Lintner, who has been covering Burma for more than two decades, is set to visit Rangoon after being blacklisted by the government since the 1980s