Myanmar disbands censorship board
- Published: 25 Jan 2013 at 15.39
- Online news: Asia
Myanmar’s notorious censorship board was officially dissolved on Thursday in another nod towards press freedom since the government began to make democratic reforms two years ago.
The Press Scrutiny and Registration Division (PSRD) had not been in operation since August last year, when Myanmar announced it would lift its policy of prior censorship of all publications, which had been in place in the country since 1964.
Under the old rules, publications in Myanmar would often have sentences, paragraphs and even entire stories deemed too controversial crossed out by the censor's marker pen before they could go to press.
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