Tag: Myanmar Press Council
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Report: Myanmar’s media not free or fair — လွတ်လပ်မျှတခြင်းများ ဆုံးရှုံးနေသော မြန်မာ့မီဒီယာ
Democratic elections require robust public debate in order to be free and fair. Media freedom, including the freedom to investigate, access, and publish information without restriction, is a prerequisite for…
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FEM welcomes release of Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo — ရိုက်တာသတင်းထောက်များဖြစ်ကြသည့် ကိုဝလုံးနှင့် ကိုကျော်စိုးဦးတို့ လွတ်မြောက်လာသည့်အပေါ် လွတ်လပ်သော ထုတ်ဖော်ပြောဆိုခြင်းမြန်မာမှ ကြိုဆိုလိုက်ပါသည်။
“We are very happy to see Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo freed after 18 months of imprisonment. This is a great day for them and their families. So many…
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Report: Myanmar’s media freedom at risk — ခြိမ်းခြောက်ခံနေရသော မြန်မာ့မီဒီယာလွတ်လပ်ခွင့်
The freedom by which the media can investigate, access, and publish information, particularly that which is critical, is one of the best ways to measure the level of democracy in…
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Military withdraws criminal complaints against eight — မြန်မာ့တပ်မတော်က တရားစွဲဆိုထားသည့် အမှု ရှစ်မှုကို ရုပ်သိမ်းလိုက်ခြင်း
FEM welcomes the military’s withdrawal today of criminal complaints against eight journalists, journalist sources and human rights defenders. The criminal provisions in the Penal Code, Telecommunications Law, and Unlawful Association…
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Workshop with Supreme Court on UK Leveson
Supreme Court justices and staff were interested in the experience of the UK government and the investigation into media regulation by the senior judge Leveson.Leveson: Context UK licencing ended in 1695…
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Workshop with Supreme Court and Attorney General’s Office
In a workshop with the Supreme Court and Attorney General’s Office, FEM explained why press council complaints mechanisms are so important.Good for journalistsProtects good journalists.Judges them on professional mistakes.Reduces risk…
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UN letter to government on journalists’ cases (MMR6/2015)
A UN letter sent in June 2015 to the Myanmar government protesting illegitimate criminal charges brought against journalists, has finally been published. FEM staff supported the Special Rapporteurs in collecting…
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News Media Law — သတင်းမီဒီယာ ဥပဒေ
The News Media Law was created partly to protect journalists in a country with no constitutional guarantee for media freedom and no government will to amend the many laws criminalising…
