In this week’s “Off-Screen” journalist Than Win Htut examines the role that Facebook and state media has played in escalating racial and ethnic conflicts in the Rakhine state of Burma.
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In the Weekly Freedom of Speech Roundup Sampsonia Way presents some of the week’s top news on freedom of expression, journalists in danger, artists in exile, and banned literature. This week news from Syria, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, and an essay by Ray Bradbury.
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Author Khet Mar profiles Htein Lin, a Burmese painter and performance artist who spent seven years in prison for his work.
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In this week’s “Off-Screen” column journalist Than Win Htut discusses the effects of Burma’s democratization process on journalists and reporters.
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“In Burma, where the system is corrupted, any democratic attempt can be infected.” In this week’s Off-Screen column, Burmese journalist Than Win Htut talks about how even a democratic tool like Talk2DVB can be used for corrupt purposes.
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In this week’s Tea House column, writer Khet Mar profiles Maung Aung Pwint, a Burmese poet who was imprisoned for eight years for “illegal possession of a fax machine” and “sending news” to foreign media organizations.
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In the Weekly Freedom of Speech Roundup Sampsonia Way presents some of the week’s top news on freedom of expression, journalists in danger, artists in exile, and banned literature.
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