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    Burmese president approves changes to Telecommunications Act
    August 31, 2017in Law, Lead Story, Media, News576by PAING SOE / DVB
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    Burmese president approves changes to Telecommunications Act

    But for many civil rights activists who had called for parliament to repeal the Telecommunications Act, lawmakers have failed to tackle the issue.

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    Journalist Swe Win released on bail
    July 31, 2017in Lead Story, Media, News342by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Journalist Swe Win released on bail

    Swe Win was remanded in custody and escorted to Mandalay, where Maha Aung Myay court agreed to release him until his trial begins on 7 August.

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    Burmese magazine publisher killed in his office
    April 19, 2017in Lead Story, Media, News0by REUTERS
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    Burmese magazine publisher killed in his office

    Police said the victim’s body was discovered lying in a chair in his Rangoon office on Sunday after neighbours reported a rotten odour.

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    Sweden celebrates 250 years of press freedom
    December 2, 2016in Lead Story, Media, News1by Ambassador Staffan Herrstrom
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    Sweden celebrates 250 years of press freedom

    On 2 December 1766, the Swedish Riksdag adopted the world’s first Freedom of the Press Act.

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    Film ban a blow to 'dignity', says festival organiser
    June 15, 2016in Culture, Lead Story, News378by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Film ban a blow to 'dignity', says festival organiser

    “Our mission is a society of dignity, but I feel that our mission has failed,” said Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, who established the Human Rights Human Dignity International Film…

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    Poet to walk free, but not happy with verdict
    May 24, 2016in News, Protest85by REUTERS
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    Poet to walk free, but not happy with verdict

    The case highlights the limits of control that Suu Kyi’s government, elected in November on pledges of democratization, has over the government where the military plays an outsized political role.

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