For this video, Burmese exiled writer Khet Mar posed two questions to school children living in Rangoon: “Why is it important to say what you want to say?” and “If you could change anything in the world, what would you change?”
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Copwatch Nord-Paris IDF, a website that publicizes incidents of police brutality and misconduct, has been blocked in France. The site has been charged with “defaming and putting at risk the safety of police officers.”
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A collection of past covers from Charlie Hebdo. The French satirical magazine, was firebombed just before a special edition “guest edited” by the Prophet Muhammad appeared on newsstands.
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To get an insider’s perspective on the censorship chief’s statement, Sampsonia Way contacted Cho Tu Zaw, a Burmese writer and film director, and Maung Wuntha, the editor of the Rangoon-based political journal People’s Era.
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Reporters Without Borders reiterates its concern about the fate of journalists and bloggers who have disappeared or who have been kidnapped over the course of the past nine months of protests against Bashar Al-Assad’s government.
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Abdel Fattah was arrested last week after being accused of instigating clashes between military forces and Coptic Christians nearly a month ago at the state television building, Maspeero.
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