Committee to Protect Bloggers

Burma, it seems is taking cues from the Malaysian government in cracking down on internet freedom. The dictatorship there has taken it upon themselves to decide, what sis supposed to go online and what is not. This has led to sites and blogs being shut down and online dissidents being silenced. Raids […]

The Burmese government has arrested the country’s top comedian, and blogger, Zarganar, and charged him with “disturbing public order,” accoridng to Reporters Without Borders. They also arrested Zaw Thet Htwe, a sports journalist.

Arrested in early June for criticising the government’s relief efforts after Cyclone Nargis and, in Zarganar’s case, for talking to the BBC, they […]