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Burmese journalists acquitted

09 Feb 09 | News and features

Editor Khin Maung Aye and reporter Manaw Tun of Rangoon-based weekly journal News Watch have been acquitted, after being detained for over two months in the notorious Insein Prison.
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Burma: free speech crackdown accelerates

25 Nov 08 | Uncategorized

The Burmese people are still experiencing the backlash from the Saffron Revolution, with more and more writers, satirists and dissidents being locked up. Read Index on Censorship and Article 19’s joint statement on the situation here (pdf).

Burma tries to silence opposition

20 Nov 08 | Comment, News and features

A new crackdown on the country’s dissidents shows that Than Shwe’s junta fears the power of the Internet, writes Larry Jagan
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Blogger sentenced to 20 years

11 Nov 08 | News and features

Nay Phone Latt, a pro-democracy blogger in Burma has been given a 20-year prison sentence for materials posted on his website criticising military leader Than Shwe.
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