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Myanmar free speech
April 14, 2022
Myanmar the Third-Largest Jailer of Writers in the World, Report Says
By Sebastian Strangio
The military coup and ensuing crackdown on dissent has snapped shut the limited openness of Myanmar's decade of reform.
February 22, 2021
The Military Tightens Its Grip on Access to Information in Myanmar
By Emilie Lehmann-Jacobsen
To maintain the upper hand after the coup, the Tatmadaw is doing its best to choke off the flow of information.
October 31, 2019
Myanmar Court Gives Actors 1-Year Jail Term for Satire
By Associated Press
Myanmar's troubled record on free speech continues.
August 29, 2019
Myanmar: Filmmaker Jailing Highlights Rising Rights Concerns
By Associated Press
The case comes amid growing worries about a deteriorating rights situation in the Southeast Asian country.
June 12, 2019
Meet Myanmar's Blue Shirts
By Lorcan Lovett
A new free speech movement clashes with Myanmar’s military.
June 07, 2019
Unyielding Attacks on Free Speech in Myanmar Signal a Transition in Peril
By Allie Funk
The pardon of Reuters journalists should not be mistaken as evidence authorities are easing restrictions on free speech.
February 08, 2019
Darkness Gathers in Myanmar
By Jeff Kingston
The government’s crackdowns on free speech and the media have Aung San Suu Kyi’s former supporters in despair.
May 21, 2015
George Orwell: Shooting an Elephant in Yangon?
By Helen Clark
A collection of the great writer’s essays have been translated into Burmese.
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