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Inside Burma
By: Frontline
Posted: Oct 22 08
Witnessed: 1617 veces
Regions: Myanmar
Issues: Freedom of opinion & expression, Freedom of religion & belief, Torture
Tags: burma, Frontline Club, journalism, military, political oppression
Frontline will pull together a panel of journalists, aid workers and country experts and try to get to the bottom of what is really going on in Burma. What is the situation in the worst affected areas and how much aid is actually getting through? And just what is the relationship between the military junta and the international community?
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