Myanmar/Burma: Musician Win Maw released |
Win Maw, one of Burma’s most famous musicians, is reported to have been released from Kyaukphyu Prison in Arakan State on 13 January 2012 at 13:40 pm local time |
13 January 2012 |
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Darko C |
Video interview with Darko C from Rangoon about the loosening censorship controls over media and the arts, produced by Voice of America on 12 January 2012 |
13 January 2012 |
Generation Wave |
Audio interview with Generation Wave – a group of Burmese hip-hop artists and activists – about freedom of expression and censorship among musicians in their country |
11 February 2011 |
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Myanmar/Burma: Musician Win Maw arrested |
International PEN calls for immediate release of Burmese musician Win Maw, arrested in November 2007 and is said to be seriously ill as a result of torture in detention. |
15 May 2008 |
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Myanmar/Burma: Flow of secret music files |
Exiled Burmese musicians develop alternative communication channels, and their music is being smuggled across borders and distributed secretly within Burma via the internet |
27 September 2007 |
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Myanmar/Burma: Music under siege |
Music provides a rallying point for the masses during political upheavals in Burma. An excerpt from the book ‘Shoot the Singer’: Chapter 6 |
28 October 2005 |
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Myanmar/Burma: Conscripted for Karaoke |
Promoting the Burmese governments National Convention, three famous singers are singing a jingle on tv — but news indicate that they were conscripted into singing and possibly blackmailed by authorities |
14 June 2004 |
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Shoot the Singer! Book |
‘Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today’ is the first worldwide presentation of contemporary cases of music censorship |
25 May 2004 |
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