Articles by Mizzima News
Authorities censor writers who participated in protests, monitor Internet use
(Mizzima/IFEX) – The Burmese military junta has prevented the publication of the writings of several prominent writers who use pseudonyms, and who were involved in Swan offerings to monks during the protests of September 2007. Pieces written under pseudonym by various Burmese writers – including Mar-J, Than Myint Aung, Soe Win Nyien, Oo Swe, Zaw […]
Twenty-five IFEX members express grave concern over media situation
(Mizzima/IFEX) – The following is a joint statement by 25 IFEX members: IFEX Joint Statement on Burma We, members of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX), meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay, come together to express grave concern over the increasingly perilous media situation in Burma that is exacerbating a looming and ongoing humanitarian crisis. In […]
Censorship board cracks down on cartoonist, actors who supported September protests
(Mizzima/IFEX) – The following is a statement from Mizzima News, an interim member of IFEX: Censorship board bans celebrities’ work after September protest Cartoonists and film actors are persona non grata in military-ruled Burma. The country’s censorship board has once again banned caricatures by the famous cartoonist Awpikye after he joined a group of Burmese […]
Junta makes Internet accessible again for day use, but service sporadic
(Mizzima/IFEX) – The following is a 10 October 2007 statement from Mizzima News, an interim member of IFEX: Internet back in Burma, but lines fluctuate Internet access in Burma has been re-established for day use since 9 October 2007, after more than two weeks of interruption, but users in Rangoon said the connection faltered after […]
Junta re-opens Internet access only during curfew hours
(Mizzima/IFEX) – The following is a statement from Mizzima News, an interim member of IFEX: Junta restarts Internet lines, only at night Probably confident that it has contained the widespread protests in Burma, the military junta began relaxing curbs on information flows on 6 October 2007. The junta has reopened Internet lines in Burma, though […]
Journalists covering protest detained, questioned, released, their cameras seized
(Mizzima/IFEX) – The following is a statement from Mizzima News, an interim member of IFEX: Police destroy camera memory cards of journalists On 18 September 2007, Special Branch police agents held and questioned three journalists, seizing their cameras and removing at least two of their camera memory cards. The journalists were covering a demonstration by […]
Junta cuts telephone lines of various foreign correspondents
(Mizzima/IFEX) – The following is a statement from Mizzima News, an interim member of IFEX: Foreign correspondents’ phones under censorship blade Foreign correspondents in Burma are the latest victims of the ruling junta’s efforts to create a news blackout. Since the night of 11 September 2007, the telephone lines of some foreign correspondents have been […]
Authorities block access to You Tube website
(Mizzima/IFEX) – The following is a statement from Mizzima News, an interim member of IFEX: Burma blocks You Tube You Tube, the popular website, which features videos of the ongoing protests in Burma, has been banned by the military junta. Access to the video-uploading website has been blocked since 3 September 2007. As is usual […]