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Burma - 15 MAY 2009 Aung San Suu Kyi facing trial and incarceration in Insein prison more...

Burma - 13 MAY 2009 Two American journalists deported more...

Burma - 08 MAY 2009 Censorship board limits reporting on one-year anniversary of Cyclone Nargis more...

Burma - 06 MAY 2009 Military regime rejects Aung San Suu Kyi appeal more...

Burma - 30 APR 2009 Concerns for health of imprisoned writer Zargana more...

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BURMA: JUNTA HANDS DOWN RIDICULOUS PRISON SENTENCES IN LATEST CRACKDOWN ON FREE EXPRESSION What do you get for helping survivors of Cyclone Nargis, which tore up Rangoon and the Irrawaddy Delta in May? Extreme jail time, apparently. A popular comedian active in Burma's democracy movement was sentenced to 45 years in jail on 21 November for criticising the junta's slow response to the cyclone, videotaping the damage and organising his own relief efforts - what IFEX members are calling a "historical low point" for free expression in Burma. FULL STORY

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"MOVEMENT SIMMERS UNDER ASHES": INTERVIEW WITH BURMESE COMEDIAN ZARGANAR

TAKE ACTION! BURMA: NOBEL LAUREATE UNDER HOUSE ARREST

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

TAKE ACTION! BURMA: SIGN PETITION TO SUPPORT JAILED SPORTS JOURNALIST

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Attacks on the Press in 2008: Burma Committee to Protect Journalists (February 2009) download...

World Report 2009: Burma Human Rights Watch download...

Burma's Firewall Fighters Committee to Protect Journalists (May 2008) download...

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Burma Project Open Society Institute gateway to Burma information and links

Mizzima News Independent site specialising in Burma news

BurmaNet News Coverage of news and opinion on Burma from around the world

Burma Media Association Established by overseas Burmese journalists, reporters and writers

The Irrawaddy News Magazine covering Burma and Southeast Asia