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Moving forward for the media in Burma
Mizzima News editor-in-chief Soe Myint discussed challenges facing the Burmese media as the country transitions to democracy and his hopes for the future during the IPI World Congress.
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UN counter-extremism initiatives must not infringe on free expression rights
Civil society groups express concern over the potential for overbroad anti-extremism practices to limit free expression
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Burma urged to release activists detained for mocking army chief online
Myanmar’s authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a peace activist and a young woman who have been arrested for mocking the country’s army chief on Facebook, Amnesty International said in a statement on 15 October.
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Literary piracy: Wendy Law-Yone on why censorship complicates the issue
Myanmar-born American writer Wendy Law-Yone spoke to Mizzima Weekly about her ambivalence towards copyright piracy and the steps she is taking to prevent it.
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Student protesters and activists assaulted, arrested by Burmese police
Burmese security police and civilians wearing red armbands attacked activists and students protesting outside Yangon City Hall and arrested eight in a surge in tension over spreading student rallies calling for education reform.
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Reporters without bylines: Women journalists in Burma’s minority areas
Reporters in Burma’s ethnic minority regions often endure extortion and harassment. Women journalists, who are heavily outnumbered by their male counterparts in rural areas, face additional challenges in their reporting.
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Author Bertil Lintner: ‘In Myanmar they are putting the cart before the horse’
Prominent Burma-watcher, journalist and author Bertil Lintner was in Yangon for a weeklong journalism workshop. The formerly blacklisted writer was interviewed by Mizzima about recent political developments and the year ahead.
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‘We cannot say that Myanmar has full media freedom’, says former information minister
Former Minister of Information U Aung Kyi resigned in late July 2014, along with Burma’s then Health Minister. The shake-up followed a major cabinet reshuffle a month earlier and sparked speculation about differences between U Aung Kyi and President U Thein Sein over media policies.