Burma - No credible elections without media freedom

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association believe that, as things stand, the elections which the military government plans to hold this year will have no credibility because of the lack of freedom for both Burmese and international news media. Prior censorship, intimidation, imprisonment and expulsion of foreign reporters are all completely incompatible with a free election. “The electoral laws established by the military government do not guarantee the media's right to (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - vendredi 26 mars 2010