Media Alert

March 18, 2008
New Delhi: Using its draconian laws the Burmese Censor Board under the Ministry of Information suspended the publication of '7 Days News' journal for...
February 28, 2008
Mizzima News:: Burmese authorities on Monday charged the Editor-in-Chief and manager of the Rangoon journal Myanmar Nation with illegal printing and...
February 19, 2008
New Delhi - The Burmese military junta has banned the publication and distribution of 'Myanmar Nation' weekly journal after detaining its Chief-...
February 18, 2008
Two journalists from a Rangoon based weekly publication 'Myanmar Nation' were picked up on Friday for interrogation.
February 14, 2008
Imploring Western governments and international rganizations to increase their support for freedom of the press, a rights group says nine Burmese...
February 11, 2008
New Delhi – The Press Scrutiny Board has called periodical and journal editors to their offices and warned them not to post uncensored articles and...
January 17, 2008
Rangoon – In a bid to stop the flow of information outside Burma one of the most popular blog sites www.blogger.com has been banned by the Myanmar...
November 28, 2007
Declining readership has hit several news journals hard, leading to loss of revenue. This despite the fact that the Burmese military junta has...
November 21, 2007
Rumors are swirling around Burma's literary and publishing fraternity that a Rangoon based weekly journal has been barred from publishing on orders...
November 2, 2007
After about two weeks of slow speed Internet line recovery, users in Rangoon today said access to the World Wide Web has been once again cut-off.
October 31, 2007
An ethnic Karen photojournalist, who covered last month's monk-led protests in Rangoon, has gone missing, colleagues said.
October 18, 2007
The G mail website has been barred by bagan.net and users cannot receive mails in their in box even though they can use Google talk, said an internet...
October 16, 2007
The Burmese military junta has banned the use of pseudonyms of several writers and authors, who were involved in Swan offerings to monks during last...
October 14, 2007
The Ministry of Defence and Communications will take over the Myanmar Post and Telecommunication near future, according to sources.
October 13, 2007
Cartoonists are persona non grata in military ruled Burma. The country's censorship board has once again banned caricatures of famous cartoonist...

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