In Ma Thida’s first column for Sampsonia Way, she writes about the lack of a collective dream in her native Myanmar.
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Hassan Bleibel uses a national symbol of Thailand to highlight the new, militaristic regime in today’s Curated Cartoons.
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Malaysian political cartoonist, Zunar, captures the new restrictions and stresses placed upon the media in Thailand resulting from the military coup.
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The Art of Freedom film festival awarded the Best Short Documentary prize to “Click in Fear,” a film about journalist Law Eh Soe. Burma’s first film festival featured uncensored films, some of which are critical of the former military regime.
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Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has expressed her sadness at the death of former Czech President Václav Havel. Suu Kyi often cited Havel’s well-known writings, including quotes from “The Power of the Powerless,” in interviews and in her speeches.
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Since she was 19-years-old, Khet Mar has been persecuted by the Burmese government. These quotes and pictures summarize the journey of the current writer-in-residence at City of Asylum Pittsburgh.
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Just before Iran, Burma ranked second to last in Internet freedom in a report called Freedom on the Net 2011, released on Monday by information watchdog Freedom House.
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