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Junta officials confiscate Burmese political cartoons 
Government officials removed four cartoons from a fund-raising
exhibit earlier this week for allegedly violating government
policies. The exhibit, entitled 'Wake-up from Storm,' was for the
benefit of victims of cyclone Nargis.
| | Cronyism, unhealthy competition in Burma media market
The sustainability of most local media outlets in Burma is now apparently jeopardized not only by the censorship board's interference but also the unscrupulous approach of military cronies, resulting in an obstruction of the growth of private media. | | SEAPA condemns murder of Cambodian journalist
The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) strongly condemns the fatal shooting of a Cambodian journalist and his son on 11 July 2008. Reporter Khim Sambo, 47, died on the spot after he was shot twice in the back as he emerged from sports stadium in Phnom Penh on Friday evening. His son, Khat Sarin Theada, 22, was shot in the chest and later died in hospital. | | International Bar Association gives Singapore dismal grade in free expression, human rights, independence of courts
The International Bar Association's (IBA) Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) on 08 July 2008 released a study assailing the Singaporean government on its human rights standards and records, and underscoring the city-state's severe "limitations on the freedoms of expression, assembly, and the press, and of the independence of the judiciary". | | Burmese magazine editor forced to resign over published poem
An editor of a monthly magazine in Burma has been forced to resign for publishing a poem about the historic Depayin town in its June issue, Mizzima.com, a SEAPA Alerts partner, reports. | |
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