Burma - With elections just two months away, media still denied freedom and access

With just two months to go to the general elections that the military government plans to hold on 7 November, there are still no grounds for thinking that the Burmese and foreign media will be able to cover the campaign and polling freely. Prior censorship remains in effect and that rules out any possibility of a democratic election. Without press freedom, the election will just be a sham. Burma has more than 150 privately-owned newspapers and magazines but they are all subject to (...)

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