More than 100 reporters in Burma are preparing to protest against laws seen as curbing free speech.
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BBC Burmese reporter jailed for hitting policeman
Nay Myo Lin, a reporter for the BBC Burmese-language service, denounced his three-month prison sentence as unfair after he was found guilty of assaulting a police officer during protests last…
Bi-Midday Sun journalists’ appeal rejected in court
The Rangoon Region Court has rejected an appeal for four Bi-Midday Sun newspaper employees currently serving a two year imprisonment sentence.
Burma ‘lagging behind’ on press freedom, says Suu Kyi
Burma’s opposition leader joins chorus of voices challenging government’s backsliding on media freedom.
Two journalists released from Tharawaddy prison
Nyan Lin Tun of Myanmar Post and Phyo Aung Myint of Reporter are released from Tharawaddy prison, as are nine students detained after crackdown in Letpadan.
Workers, journalists detained in Shwepyithar protest
Striking employees and journalists apprehended by police in continued Rangoon industrial action.