Burma - Time Magazine censored twice over for coverage of radical Buddhists

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the decision by Burmese magazine distributor Inwa Publications not to sell Time Magazine's July issue, which has cover story about the Burmese Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu headlined “The Face of Buddhist Terror.” The media freedom organization is also appalled by the government's endorsement of this censorship and calls for the ban to be lifted at once. “By taking this decision, Inwa Publications went far beyond its role as a distributor and abusively assumed (...)

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