Considering the news of and reaction to Burmese ex-General Aung Thaung’s recent illness, columnist Ma Thida explores the injustices of the Myanmar government and whether they can be forgiven.
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In this week’s Off-Screen journalist Than Win Htut lays out the challenges that faced Democratic Voice of Burma, a media organization working in exile, including the difficulty of finding verifiable information.
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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 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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“Just before the 2010 election in Burma I proposed the idea to make a segment on our TV program where our audience could talk about their problems directly.” Video journalist Than Win Htut recounts the rocky start of TV program Talk2DVB.
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For his book Abhaya, James Mackay photographed former prisoners with the name of a current political prisoner written on their palm. More than 2,000 Burmese political prisoners — including monks, students, journalists, lawyers, MPs and over 300 members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition National League for Democracy — are incarcerated in horrendous conditions.
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Recently Reporters Without Borders posted a video interview with the comedian and blogger Zarganar, who was freed from Myitkyina prison on 12 October under a government amnesty.
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