The way things are going Burma will get freedom, democracy and human rights before we do. But then they have a real lady at the helm - we have fishwives.
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Farida Majid <farida_majid@...> wrote:
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> We should share the cheer with our next-door neighbor, dreaming of freedom, democracy and human rights just like all of us!
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> To: farida_majid@...
> Subject: CPJ Alert - In mass amnesty, nine journalists released in Burma
> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:07:43 -0600
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> Bangkok, January
> 13, 2012-The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of nine
> journalists who were freed as part of a mass release of at least 600 political
> prisoners in Burma on Friday, but calls on President Thein Sein to release reporters
> still being held in detention and to implement press reforms that would end the
> country's repressive media environment.
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> Journalists Win
> Maw, Sithu Zeya, Maung Maung Zeya, Hla Hla Win, Ngwe Soe Linn, Zaw Thet Htwe,
> Myint Naing, Thant Zin Aung, and Nay Phone Latt were all released today from
> detention, according to news reports and CPJ research. Some of the freed
> journalists were serving sentences as long as 32 years for their reporting, CPJ
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> CPJ can confirm
> that at least three journalists-Ne Min, Zaw Tun, and Nyi Nyi Tun-are still
> being held by Burmese authorities. Other journalists who work clandestinely for
> fear of retribution may still also be in prison, CPJ research shows. CPJ will
> continue to monitor lists of released detainees as they are made public.
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> release of these journalists, but calls for the freedom of all the reporters
> still held behind bars in Burma," said Shawn Crispin, CPJ's senior Southeast
> representative. "Today's mass amnesty provides a starting point for Thein
> Sein's government to implement meaningful media reforms and reverse his
> country's reputation as one of the world's worst press freedom offenders."
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> released today were the five reporters of the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) that
> the exile-run news organization had identified by name. A DVB representative
> told CPJ on Friday that a number of their reporters were still behind bars. The
> DVB journalists remain anonymous because of the group's concerns that Burmese authorities
> may extend their sentences if they are found to have reported secretly for DVB.
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> release also included political activists, opposition politicians, ethnic
> minority leaders, Buddhist monks, and a former prime minister from the former
> military regime, according to news reports. It is unclear exactly how many
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> Human rights groups estimated the Burmese government held
> between 600 to 1,500 political prisoners before this release. Western
> governments have held out the release of political prisoners as a pre-condition
> for removing the economic and financial sanctions they maintain against Burma
> in response to the past military government's abysmal human rights record.
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> Thein Sein's
> military-backed, democratically elected government has initiated a series of
> reforms, including dialogue with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, since
> assuming office last March. Those moves have included lifting some restrictions
> on Burma's non-news media, including the removal of pre-publication censorship
> of non-news publications and greater freedom for local media to report on
> government policies. The government has also lifted blocks on foreign and exile
> news websites, including those frequently critical of the current and past
> military-backed regimes.
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> "While recent
> signals have been positive from a press freedom perspective, there is still a
> long way to go before Burma's news media could be considered even remotely
> free," said CPJ's Crispin. "Until Thein Sein's government ends pre-publication
> censorship of local publications and amends the various laws used to repress
> the press, Burma will remain among the most repressive media environments in
> the world."
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> CPJ released a special report on Burma's media situation last September
> that called on Thein Sein's government to release all journalists held in
> detention and stop censoring the local media.
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