Committee to Protect Journalists

CPJ promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.

In a growing clampdown, three editors detained in Burma

“These bogus security-related charges represent the latest assault on press freedom in Burma,” said Shawn Crispin, CPJ’s senior Southeast Asia representative. “The case against Bi Mon Te Nay makes clear that President Thein Sein’s once buoyant democratic reform program is now dead in the water. The international community should take note and respond with correspondingly punitive measures.”

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