Phoebe Kennedy

Phoebe Kennedy is a freelance journalist in Rangoon

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An audience with Aung San Suu Kyi

The truth of her house arrest and hopes for Burma's future

 

Ed: Aung San Suu Kyi gave this account shortly after being freed from detention on November 13th 2010. The Anthill publishes it on the one-year anniversary of that release, as unparalleled reforms in Burma allow her to run in elections.

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Blogging Burma

Thoughts of a Burmese blogger before the 2010 elections

 

Burmese language blogs started to boom in 2007. During the September uprising [Saffron revolution] a lot of foreign journalists met us and took an interest in us, which raised our profile. After the uprising, the government started cracking down on blogs and banned blog sites. It was funny, because since the crackdown there are even more bloggers.

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