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Customers buy weekly news journals at a roadside shop in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday. Authorities said they will allow private daily newspapers starting in April for the first time since 1964. (AP/Khin Maung Win)

Burmese government allows dailies to resume publishing

New York, December 28, 2012–Burmese authorities’ decision to allow private daily newspapers to resume publication is a welcome change to a policy that has stifled press freedom in the country for decades, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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Two men chat at a roadside weekly journal shop in Rangoon on Monday. Burma's government said it would abolish the practice of censoring publications before they are printed. (AP/Khin Maung Win)

Burma ends pre-publication censorship; harsh laws remain

Bangkok, August 20, 2012–Burma should dismantle its censorship agency and repeal all laws that continue to allow suppression of news in the name of national security, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The government announced today that it would abolish pre-publication censorship, a step CPJ welcomes but considers a partial measure in addressing the…

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Two weekly news publications have been suspended indefinitely in Burma. (AP/Khin Maung Win)

Burmese authorities suspend two news publications

Bangkok, August 1, 2012–Two weekly news publications were suspended indefinitely in Burma on Tuesday, marking a significant reversal of the government’s earlier loosening of media restrictions and pre-publication censorship, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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