Description:
(CNN) -- "It was "censorship day," the 20th of the month, the day Nyein Nyein Naing, executive director of Myanmar?s Seven Days News Journal, takes her stories to a government office for pre-publication scrutiny.
Normally, a report on refugees fleeing from the conflict-ravaged Kachin state would not be accepted. Its distribution would most likely result in jail time for the author and suspension of the journal.
But August 20 was a new day for Myanmar, the day the government rescinded repressive media censorship laws that had hindered and intimidated the country?s journalists for decades. Still, Naing had her concerns..."
Source/publisher:
CNN
Date of Publication:
2012-11-21
Date of entry:
2012-11-21
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