Hundreds of people have been smuggling out pictures and eyewitness reports of the protests in Myanmar this week. Thanks to the Internet and mobile phones they’ve been able to break the military government’s monopoly on information. Now the junta has realised just how important these “citizen journalists” are. From today, Internet access in Myanmar has been shut down.
Radio Netherlands Worldwide is one of the international radio stations that is reporting in depth on the situation in Myanmar. Twice a day we have contacts with sources inside the country, and their reports are supplemented by British correspondent Phil Thornton on the Thailand/Myanmar border, and Dutch reporter Michael Maas who is also based in Thailand.
In an effort to raise international awareness of the situation, and to encourage our listeners and web visitors worldwide to express their solidarity with the population of Myanmar, where English is widely spoken, we have launched an initiative called Shout with Short Wave into Myanmar. Our English broadcasts are heard clearly in the region on shortwave via transmitters in Russia.
See also this story: Everyone is a journalist in Myanmar
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1 Glenn Hauser October 1st, 2007 - 17:27 UTC
BTW, RNW transmits one hour of DVB:
1430-1530 Madagascar 17625 055 250 Dem. V. of Burma SE Asia
But Al Jazeera reports that DVB have just increased radio broadcasts from 2 to 9 hours daily. Their own website does not show ANY SW schedule that I can find. So where are these new hours coming from? Details, please!
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