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Sep 13, 2007 9 min

Underreported: Burmese Press Under Attack

from Underreported from WNYC's The Leonard Lopate Show Hosted by WNYC, New York Public Radio

The military regime that governs Burma is working hard to prevent news gathering. Burmese journalists have been threatened, harassed, and physically assaulted. On the second part of today's Underreported, Leonard speaks with Shawn Crispin, a Bangkok-based journalist. Mr. Crispin is an Asia program consultant for the Committee to Protect Journalists and was bureau chief for the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review in Bangkok from 1999 to 2004.

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