1 December 2004

TAKE ACTION! BURMA: SIGN A PETITION TO URGE JOURNALIST'S RELEASE


Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) invites free-expression supporters to sign an online petition calling for the release of jailed Burmese journalist U Win Tin. U Win Tin, who is serving a 20-year sentence for "subversion," is also a senior aide to opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

For information on the case and to sign the petition, visit: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=2059



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Also from the Communiqué, 1 December 2004

UKRAINE: JOURNALISTS REVOLT AGAINST BIASED MEDIA COVERAGE 1 December 2004 PHILIPPINES: 2004 A DEADLY YEAR FOR JOURNALISTS 1 December 2004 LAOS: SEAPA, RSF HIGHLIGHT LACK OF PRESS FREEDOM 1 December 2004 MEXICO: PHOTOGRAPHER KILLED 1 December 2004 VENEZUELA: CONCERN OVER NEW MEDIA LAW 1 December 2004 INTERNATIONAL: CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS REFORM IN THE ARAB WORLD 1 December 2004 MALAYSIA: ARTICLE 19 HELPS PROMOTE ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN MALAYSIA 1 December 2004 INTERNATIONAL: PANOS Conference to Examine Media, Peace-building in Africa's Great Lakes Region 1 December 2004 INTERNATIONAL: NIEMAN FELLOWSHIPS AT HARVARD 1 December 2004

Burma

All DVB journalists, freelancers and blogger freed under amnesty 13 January 2012 Censor board authorises publication of interviews with exiled media figures 24 October 2011 Three writers released under amnesty 17 October 2011 Comedian Zargana and at least 120 other political prisoners released 12 October 2011 Many news websites unblocked; 17 journalists and three netizens still held 20 September 2011 See all alerts: Burma


Asia and Pacific

TIBET (CHINA): PEN American Center concerned over "virtual lockdown" on freedom of expression 9 February 2012 MALDIVES: New government must guarantee safety and rights of journalists 8 February 2012 SRI LANKA: FMM voices concern over allegations in "Dinamina" newspaper article 7 February 2012 INDIA: Danish journalists refused visas 7 February 2012 CHINA: Senior newspaper staff fired for reporting inflation concerns 6 February 2012


 
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