Two years in prison is the maximum sentence for an erroneous press report under article 505(b) of the criminal code.
“This sentence is out of all (...)
Published on 5 August 2014
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Four of the seven journalists with the weekly Bi Mon Te Nay who were arrested more than two weeks ago on charges of publishing false information (...)
Published on 25 July 2014
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In the latest in a series of reverses for media freedom in Burma, a court in the central region of Magway today sentenced five newspaper (...)
Published on 10 July 2014
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Until recently, the media freedom situation in Burma was very promising but this is no longer the case. Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by (...)
Published on 10 July 2014
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Zaw Phay, a Democratic Voice of Burma(DVB) reporter who was sentenced to a year in prison in the northern city of Magway on 7 April on charges of (...)
Published on 7 July 2014
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Reporters Without Borders is deeply saddened to learn of the death of the dissident journalist Win Tin in Rangoon on 21 April. Burma has lost one (...)
Published on 23 April 2014
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Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the one-year jail term that Zaw Phay, a reporter for DVB Multimedia Group (DVB), received from a court (...)
Published on 10 April 2014
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Four journalists with the Unity Weekly newspaper and the newspaper’s CEO have been detained for the past four days in connection with a report (...)
Published on 4 February 2014
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