[HCDX] Burmese Turn to Foreign Radios for Latest News

["Zacharias Liangas " <greekdx@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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