1 Points

Burma's Junta Bans Coverage of New Political Party's Press Conference (www.seapabkk.org)

The Censor Board of Burma's military government has prohibited the local media from covering the press conference held by a newly formed political party, Democratic Party.

Tags: bans,junta,democratic party,2010 elections,censorship

Submitted 5 months ago by lizchapman on Burma | 0 Comments |

1 Points

China's Tiananmen "Internet Maintenance Day" (www.newsy.com)

The world watches as China limits Internet communication for foreign press and social media sites on the eve of the anniversary of Tiananmen Square.

Tags: china,tiananmen,twitter,internet,firewall,censorship,video

Submitted 9 months ago by Oaklandish | 0 Comments |

2 Points

Burma's generals are afraid of telephones and the internet (nationmultimedia.com)

LAST WEEKEND, the Paris-based media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published a report entitled "Enemies of the Internet", which named Burma as one of 12 countries that actively practices... More

Tags: burma,generals fear internet,censorship

Submitted 11 months ago by cdoherty on Burma | 0 Comments |

1 Points

POLITICS-US: Censorship Seen in Exclusion of Foreign Scholars (www.ipsnews.org)

By William Fisher NEW YORK, Mar 24 (IPS) - A leading legal rights group charged Tuesday that the Barack Obama Justice Department is using immigration law to censor debate by selectively barring U.S.... More

Tags: migration,immigration,human rights,censorship,aclu,academics

Submitted 11 months ago by JPeterCostantini on Immigration | 0 Comments |

3 Points

Military censors send privately-owned media directive with 10 prohibitions (www.cnw.ca)

Reporters Without Borders and its partner organisation, the Burma Media Association, have obtained a copy of a directive which the military government's censorship office recently sent to the... More

Tags: burma,junta,censorship,reporters without borders,media,free press

Submitted about 1 year ago by backhandpath on Burma | 0 Comments |

1 Points