Tag Archives: Burma
Top 10 Censored Countries.
CPJ Deputy Director Robert Mahoney counts down the 10 countries where the press is most tightly restricted China didn’t make the list but not from lack of trying. China not most censored, but may be most ambitious
Filed under Censorship, International News Coverage
Article 19: Why free media are important to development and democratization
Great speech in Burma (Myanmar) by Agnes Callamard of Article 19, a freedom of expression group. (Article 19 refers to that provision of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights that deals with freedom of expression.) Role of freedom of expression … Continue reading
Filed under Freedom of access, Freedom of Information, Press Freedom
Internet enemies list; No real surprises here
Reporters Without Borders has a great list of governments that are “Enemies of the Internet.” And there are no real surprises. The hostility governments in places such as Burma, China, Cuba exhibit toward freedom of speech, press and expression is … Continue reading
Press freedom and civil liberties linked
The winner of this year’s Society of Professional Journalists’ high school essay contest on press freedom understands the linkage between media freedom and other civil liberties. The contest — Why are free and independent news media important? — is designed … Continue reading
Filed under Press Freedom, Uncategorized
BURMA: Elections without speech (or free press)
The Asian Human Rights Commission out of Hong Kong has been watching the run up to the elections later this year. (No date has been set.) The AHRC is running a series of position papers on some of the problems … Continue reading
Filed under Asia, International News Coverage, Press Freedom
