Burma's ruling regime has increased its censorship of the country's already highly restricted press in the run up to the first election in 20 years, an international media watchdog said Wednesday.
File photo shows a man reading a section of the state-run 'New Light of Burma' next to a newspaper vendor in Rangoon. Burma's ruling regime has increased its censorship of the country's already highly restricted press in the run up to the first election in 20 years, an international media watchdog said Wednesday.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which describes the military-ruled country as as a "censors' paradise", said there was nothing to suggest local or foreign media would be able to freely report on or ahead of the November 7 vote.
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