Myanmar Arrests Blogger, Watchdog Says
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Nay Myo Latt was taken into custody after writing about the suppression of freedoms following last fallâs crushing of pro-democracy demonstrations, Reporters Without Borders said.
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Myanmar&#39;s junta was interrogating 13 activists arrested for organising a rally against the regime over its massive hike in fuel prices ahead of likely legal action, state media said Saturday.
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An outspoken Saudi blogger is being held for âpurposes of interrogation,â the Saudi Interior Ministry confirmed.
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The State Department is seeking clarification from China about the status of Zhao Yan, a New York Times researcher who reportedly was arrested in Shanghai on charges of passing state secrets to foreigners.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - Myanmar&#39;s secretive military regime has forced out its prime minister and placed him under house arrest, a move that could be seen as a victory for conservatives.
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A Chinese human rights activist who worked as a researcher for the New York Times has been detained on charges of leaking state secrets, said his lawyer on Friday.
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Myanmar's military rulers will keep opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi isolated under house arrest until at least Nov. 27 next year, her National League for Democracy (NLD) said on Wednesday.
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Armed with a laptop, a blogger named Ko Htike has thrust himself into the middle of the violent crackdown against monks and other peaceful demonstrators in his homeland of Myanmar. As many as 40 people in Myanmar are sending him photos or calling him with information, putting their own lives at risk.
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BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar's secretive military regime has forced out its prime minister, the long-powerful Gen. Khin Nyunt, and placed him under house arrest on corruption charges, a government spokesman in neighboring Thailand said Tuesday...
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At least two Myanmar dissidents were among thousands of prisoners freed after the military government announced it had begun releasing more than 5,000 detainees in a third mass release in less than a month, relatives and officials said.
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A Vietnamese-born U.S. citizen was   detained in mid-August, a government spokesman said on Thursday   as rights groups complained he was arrested after using the   Internet to call for alternatives to one-party communist rule.
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YANGON - Myanmar (Burmese) Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt has been placed under âprotective custodyâ in what appears to be a purge of the countryâs much-feared Military Intelligence (MI), military sources said on Tuesday.
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RANGOON, Burma - Burma's military junta accused detained prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's political party of inciting unrest and instigating Buddhist monks to take part in protests over price hikes, state media reported yesterday.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Over at the headquarters one of Burma's (Myanmar's) most popular weeklies, the editors have just received their mockup paper for the coming week from the country's censorship board.
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The political leadership in Myanmar was riven with tensions amid rumours Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt may have been removed or arrested, according to sources in Thailand and Myanmar.
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Myanmar's junta has stepped up surveillance of the Internet, arresting one blogger who wrote about the stifling of free expression in the military-ruled nation, a media advocacy group said.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (19/11/04) - The Military government of Myanmar (also known as Burma) is reportedly releasing some 3â937 prisoners âinappropriately jailedâ by the dissolved National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) led by the ousted prime minister