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[HCDX] Burmese Turn to Foreign Radios for Latest News
Burmese Turn to Foreign Radios for Latest News
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=8627
By Violet Cho
September 17, 2007
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The people of Burma are turning ever more to outside broadcasts and
the media in exile to learn the latest news about the continuing protests
against recent price hikes.
With state media strictly censored and most Internet news sites
blocked, people in increasing numbers are tuning in to the shortwave
broadcasts of such international radio stations as the BBC, the Voice of
America and Radio Free Asia.
Although the regime blocks most Internet news sites and keeps users
under surveillance, those with the know-how are still able to access
online services provided by The Irrawaddy, Mizzima and NewEra.
According to an Open Net Initiative survey, 85 percent of email service
provider sites are subject to a high level of filtering in Burma. Of sites
with content judged to be sensitive to the Burmese state, 84 percent
are blocked. They include nearly all political opposition and pro-
democracy sites.
More than 50 phone services, mostly mobile phones used by members
of the opposition National League for Democracy and other activists,
were cut off last week in another regime move to prevent the spread of
free and accurate information.
Media censorship by the Burmese military regime severely restricts
access to unbiased information. State-monopoly radio and television
closely control all broadcast media, and the junta's Press Scrutiny
Board orders articles even slightly critical of the regime to be inked over
or torn from offending issues.
In its own coverage of the continuing demonstrations, the regime media
invariably blame protesters, activists and NLD members for the
violence that results when the authorities and pro-regime thugs crack
down on the protests.
One Rangoon woman spoke for many when she told The Irrawaddy:
?We rely on Burmese media in exile a lot now; they are the main source
of news about what is currently happening in our community and areas
around us.?
Another Rangoon resident said he and others he knew had stopped
reading the local press for news of current affairs.
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