Real improvements have been made that strengthen digital freedom of expression in Burma from ending the blocking of Skype calls, to restrictions on internet cafe use being lifted and a reduction in SIM costs which will open up access to the...
Burma has made significant advances during the transition period, with progress across all the categories of this report: politics & society, media freedom, artistic freedom and digital freedom. The situation in the country has significantly...
Burma’s Muslim minority has come under increasing attack from Buddhist mobs. Tom Fawthorp reports from Meiktila and Yangon on the racism that is clouding the country’s future.
A film festival featuring Burma’s leading artists and dissidents will test the regime’s commitment to reform. Wei Mar reports
The Burmese authorities are employing new tactics in their control of information, reports Nem Davies In the wake of the saffron revolution and continuing with its policy of 'counter media with media', the junta is now intensifying its...
The Burmese authorities have arrested the poet Saw Wai, after realising that one of his love poems contained a hidden message criticising Burma's military leader. The poem was published in a popular magazine in Rangoon. The first words of each line...
The Burmese junta, responsible for the brutal crackdown on recent protests against the authorities’ decision to hike fuel prices at a time of worsening economic conditions, is bankrolling its regime by exploiting the country’s vast...