What an Oscar Might Mean for Human Rights in Burma

March 2, 2010
By Maureen Aung-Thwin

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Aye Chan Naing, head of the news agency depicted in the award-winning documentary Burma VJ, comments on what an Oscar win could mean for human rights activists working inside Burma’s closed society.

Maureen Aung-Thwin

Until June 2017, Maureen Aung-Thwin was special advisor to the Burma Program at the Open Society Foundations.

Topics

Independent Journalism, Freedom of Information, Media Freedom

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