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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Burma: Press freedom? What the freed journalists really say
AS PART of its reforms, Burma has been releasing its imprisoned journalists. Their stories offer a glimpse into the frightening world of those who kept going despite torture and regular imprisonment.
"I lay there naked and they kicked me in the back", recalls prominent video-journalist, Sithu Zeya.
While his treatment at the hands of Burmese interrogators may be consigned to Burma's past, he hasn't been allowed to forget it.
Despite the fact that new freedoms have been transforming Burma, he is still followed by the man who tortured him.
For the moment Burma's journalists don't know when the tables may be turned again.
But the reforms are continuing at a rapid pace.
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