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Posts Tagged ‘press freedom’ (3 found)
Burma Gov’t Charges 17 Journalists
Human rights watchdog, Freedom House issued a statement condemning the contempt of court charges filed against 17 journalists in Burma. Freedom House said in their statement that the contempt of court charges filed against the 17 journalists was an indicator of the lack of press freedom in Burma […]
• • •10 Most Censored Countries
Despite an end to more than four decades of pre-publication censorship in 2012, Myanmar’s media remains tightly controlled. The Printers and Publishers Registration Law, enacted in March 2014, bans news that could be considered insulting to religion, disturbing to the rule of law, or harmful to ethnic unity. […]
• • •Myanmar Charges 17 Journalists
In response to the contempt of court charges filed against 17 journalists in Myanmar, Freedom House issued the following statement […]
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