Tuesday, June 30, 2009

News at Eleven: Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association

today condemned the military junta for intimidating the press trying to cover recent national and international events, as a journalist was jailed for two years after being arrested near the home of Aung San Suu Kyi.

"Since the UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Burma one might expect greater tolerance on the part of the authorities, but on the contrary, the trial of Suu Kyi is being held in a climate of repression and censorship," the press freedom organisations said.

from Reporters Without Borders: Arrest, censorship and manipulation amid trial of Aung San Suu Kyi

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