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Myanmar: Freedom of Press T-Shirt Protest

A small portrait of Chan Myae Khine
Written byChan Myae Khine
Posted 8 August 2012 13:39 GMT

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After three weekly journals were stopped from being published in Myanmar, journalists and editors in the country campaigned for press freedom by wearing black shirts saying “Stop Killing the Press” while they were attending events and covering the news on 4 August, 2012.

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A small portrait of Chan Myae Khine
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