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Myanmar Backtracks on Press Freedom

Myanmar Backtracks on Press Freedom

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Feb 16, 2018
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Earlier hopes that Myanmar, after decades of dictatorship, would foster an open society and a free press have been dashed, according to a report by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, which paints a picture of reporters fearing for their lives for printing the truth.

In August of 2012, under then-President Thein Sein, the government said…

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