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Burma – US freelancer on difficult access to information in war-torn northern state
On December 7th, 2012, the United-Nations expressed “grave concerns” for the displaced people in Kachin State in areas where the UN has no access. Located between Burma, China and India, the Kachin state is one where jade, diamonds, rubies, gold and precious hard woods are abundant. Today, it is also precious for its hydropower potential. Fierce fighting has raged in Kachin state since a 17-year ceasefire between the military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) shattered in June 2011. (…)
Burma – Government censors issue warnings to two opposition party newspapers
Information minister Kyaw Hsan promised more media freedom during a conference last week in Rangoon, but the Burmese authorities continue to keep the media on a short leash and still try to intimidate media they regard as too outspoken. Reporters Without Borders and its partner organization, the Burma Media Association, condemn the warnings that have been issued by the Press Scrutiny and Registration Division (PSRD), the government’s media oversight agency, in response to published content (…)
Burma – Is government reneging on promise to respect media freedom?
Reporters Without Borders is worried by the mining ministry’s announcement that it plans to launch “legal proceedings” against the Rangoon-based weekly The Voice for reporting that cases of alleged corruption involving the mining ministry and five other ministries were revealed by the report of a government audit that was given to parliamentarians last week. The press freedom organization urges the mining ministry not to bring a libel suit against the weekly as it would send a negative signal (…)
Burma – Will media freedom continue to progress in Burma?
Reporters Without Borders and its partner organization, the Burma Media Association (BMA), condemn the criminal libel suit that a construction ministry engineer has brought against the Modern Weekly newspaper and one of its reporters, Thet Su Aung, over a report last November criticising the state of roads in the central region of Mandalay. The two organizations are also concerned about other recent restrictions on media freedom reported by the exile media, which continue to demonstrate (…)
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Burma – Interview of newly-freed dissident comedian, Zarganar
Reporters Without Borders is posting a video interview with the comedian and blogger Zarganar, who was freed from Myitkyina prison on 12 October under a government amnesty. After more than three years in detention, Zarganar has clearly not abandoned his right to express his views freely. In this interview, he talks about his blog and the consequences of the entries he posted in it. He also talks about the political prisoners who have not been freed, including such bloggers and writers as (…)
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Burma – Zarganar freed, but DVB video journalists still held
Reporters Without Borders hails today’s release of the blogger and comedian Zarganar from Myitkyina prison, in the northern state of Kachin, under a “general amnesty” affecting dozens of political prisoners, but urges the government to pursue this conciliatory policy by freeing all detained bloggers and journalists including 17 Democratic Voice of Burma video journalists. “We are happy that Zarganar will finally be reunited with his family,” Reporters Without Borders said. “This wave of (…)
