Rare Public Protest in Burma
In a country where public protest can be dangerous to its practitioners, the Burmese government’s decision to okay the construction of a major dam on the Irrawaddy River is drawing increasingly fierce and surprising opposition.
On Sept. 26, the government’s Ministry of Information reportedly banned journalists from writing about the controversial Myitson…
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