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Propaganda and the Burmese Media
Society & Culture  (tags: Burma, Censorship, Propaganda )

Ben
- 100 days ago - irrawaddy.org
Burma's notorious censorship board, called the Press Scrutiny and Registration Division, has allowed a private Rangoon journal to publish translated versions of articles that have appeared in the international media. An unusual event in Burma...
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Burma: End Forced Labor!
Society & Culture  (tags: Burma, Forced Labor, NO Human Rights )

Ben
- 105 days ago - irrawaddy.org
ILO Turns Spotlight on Burma to End Forced Labor. "We hope to make presentations on international humanitarian law and raise issues about forced labor, child soldiers and harassment," says Steve Marshall, the ILO's representative in Burma...
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Burma's San Suu Kyi Goes on Trial
Society & Culture  (tags: government, Burma, Junta, house arrest, rights, ethics, freedoms )

Dee
- 214 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi goes on trial on charges related to a visit to her home by an American, who swam across a lake to reach it.
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Hollywood: UN Must Act to Help Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, activists, hollywood, burma, letter )

Ladyhawk
- 802 days ago - uscampaignforburma.org
Today, over 25 Hollywood celebrities sent a letter to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urging him to "personally intervene" to secure the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient. The letter was
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Junta Orders More Arrests in Burma
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, crime, culture, death, freedoms, politics, police, religion, junta, Burma )

Patricia
- 808 days ago - news.com.au
BURMA junta arrested more people in pre-dawn raids today, despite a crescendo of international outrage during a keenly watched UN mission to bring an end to a bloody crackdown on protests.
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The Burma Campaign UK Headquarters:-Burma - News Updates, History,
Society & Culture  (tags: burma, myanmar, monks protest, junta, democracy, military, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', violence, Aung San Suu Kyi's Party )

Cheryl Su
- 810 days ago - burmacampaign.org.uk
National League for Democracy (NLD) won 82% of the seats in elections held in 1990. The people of Burma overwhelmingly rejected military rule yet the military continues to refuse to transfer power. History, updates, news releases, click on the links
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Burma: Junta Tightens Media Screw
Society & Culture  (tags: Burma, freedom of the press, internet, monks, democracy, news )

Zen
- 813 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The military rulers have taken the offensive in the battle to control the flow of information in the country. Websites and internet blogs posting information and photographs have been blocked. Telephone lines and mobile phone to monasteries have been cut.
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