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| Burma ends media censorship | Burma ends media censorship |
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| Burma's government says it is ending the longstanding practice of media censorship. | Burma's government says it is ending the longstanding practice of media censorship. |
| The announcement is one of the most dramatic moves yet toward allowing freedom of expression in the country. | The announcement is one of the most dramatic moves yet toward allowing freedom of expression in the country. |
| Officials from the government's press scrutiny and registration department told reporters in Yangon on Monday that they no longer have to submit their work to state censors before publication. | Officials from the government's press scrutiny and registration department told reporters in Yangon on Monday that they no longer have to submit their work to state censors before publication. |
| All reporters employed in local print media were previously obliged to send their stories to censors who had the final say in whether or not they could be published. | All reporters employed in local print media were previously obliged to send their stories to censors who had the final say in whether or not they could be published. |
| President Thein Sein's reformist government has already dramatically eased media censorship, allowing local media outlets to print articles that would have been unthinkable during the era of absolute military rule, which finally ended last year. | President Thein Sein's reformist government has already dramatically eased media censorship, allowing local media outlets to print articles that would have been unthinkable during the era of absolute military rule, which finally ended last year. |
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