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Burma takes another step toward repressing its media

New York, July 10, 2014–Donor countries should bring diplomatic pressure on Burma’s government and reconsider their economic support for the country following Thursday’s sentencing of four journalists of a magazine and the publication’s chief executive to 10 years of hard labor in prison, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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Burma holds 4 journalists for chemical weapons report

Bangkok, February 3, 2014 – Four journalists and a news executive in Burma were detained by police over a newspaper cover story about an alleged secret chemical weapons factory in the country’s central region, according to local news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the arrests and calls for the journalists’ immediate and unconditional…

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