Monday, 15 November 2010

Freedom of Censorship

So, a radio isn't exactly the most essential piece of equipment in the world, but in a country like Myanmar where the government censors everything, pirate radio broadcasts are the only way they can find out the situation from a non-government source. Unfortunately, radios are very expensive in Myanmar, so not many people can afford them. Amnesty are doing something to about this:



Just as an aside, the country is called Myanmar, not Burma. Calling it Burma is a little like calling England 'blightey', which I think is just weird in serious contexts such as this one.

~J.R.

Edit: I penned this a few days ago, but wanted to wait before posting it as I was concerned about the wellbeing of those who were to be in possession of the radios. Amnesty got back to me with the following document: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/uploads/documents/doc_21026.pdf

P.S. Sorry this is the second post today; as I said, I wrote this a few days ago, but have only just been able to post it.

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