The Burmese government threatened the Associated Press this week for their honest coverage of anti-Rohingya violence in Maungdaw. Burma’s Ministry of Information announced on 20 January that three AP reporters...were told that the AP staff bureau in Rangoon will be considered “responsible” for any unrest resulting from their coverage of events. (The government refused to comment on how causality could be determined.) Relaxation of media restrictions was a key reform hailed by the intl community when sanctions against Burma were lifted; yet Burma continues to block media access to conflict areas and intimidate & threaten members of the media.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 22:09:33 +0000
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