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		<title>Malaysian mainstream media further demonise marginalised voices</title>
		<link>http://seapa.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/malaysian-media-spin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Malaysian mainstream media, long shackled by repressive laws and their political masters, recently outdid themselves in toeing the official line by painting a dangerously lopsided picture of two rallies in the Kuala Lumpur capital that happened within weeks of each other.
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		<title>Freest press in Southeast Asia?</title>
		<link>http://seapa.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/freest-press-in-southeast-asia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RSF&#8217;s 2007 press freedom index (rankings for Southeast Asia):
Cambodia tops the list (ranked 85 in the world), followed by Timor-Leste (94), Indonesia (100), Malaysia (124), Philippines (128), Thailand (135), Singapore (141), Laos (161), Vietnam (162), Burma (164). Find out why.
Brunei is not ranked due to lack of data.
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		<title>&#8216;International community must act on Burma&#8217;, Article 19</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of Burmese have taken to the streets in peaceful demonstrations to protest the military regime. What started as a protest against fuel hike on August 15 has now turned into a massive people&#8217;s demonstration which includes the highly revered Buddhist monks.
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		<title>Malaysian High Court throws out blogger&#8217;s remand review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Malaysian High Court ruled yesterday that blogger Nathaniel Tan&#8217;s remand review was &#8220;academic and that any judgement made would not make any difference&#8221;.
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		<title>Clueless Malaysian police behind arrest of blogger</title>
		<link>http://seapa.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/clueless-malaysian-police-behind-arrest-of-blogger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malaysian opposition activist Nathaniel Tan, who was arrested for a comment on his blog left by an anonymous visitor (see SEAPA alerts of 18 and 16 July 2007), shares a disconcerting revelation upon his release:
&#8220;The fact that I appear to be the best suspect they could arrest in relation to this case indicates that the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=seapa.wordpress.com&blog=285937&post=268&subd=seapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Philippine anti-terror law threatens civil liberties</title>
		<link>http://seapa.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/philippine-anti-terror-law-threatens-civil-liberties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Human Security Act, a new law in the Philippines that allows arbitrary use of state machinery to fight terror, seriously undermines the country&#8217;s constitutional protection for civil liberties, argues Florin T. Hilbayin in a commentary published on the Inquirer.net on 15 July 2007.
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		<title>Down the slippery slope of Internet censorship in Thailand&#8230;and what maketh a telecoms minister</title>
		<link>http://seapa.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/down-the-slippery-slope-of-internet-censorship-in-thailandand-what-maketh-a-telecoms-minister/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Thai interim government has gained some notoriety for its assault on the Internet, particularly after it blocked Youtube.com for refusing to take down a video clip that allegedly insulted the monarchy. Local English daily Bangkok Post finds out what it actually takes to monitor the Internet and how that slippery slope of censorship is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=seapa.wordpress.com&blog=285937&post=264&subd=seapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Between Thaksin and the junta – who was worse for the Thai media?</title>
		<link>http://seapa.wordpress.com/2007/06/11/between-thaksin-and-the-junta-%e2%80%93-who-was-worse-for-the-thai-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did the media have it better under the regime of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra? Respected media reform advocate Prof Ubonrat Siriyuwasak tells The Nation that as bad as Thaksin had been, the current junta-led regime is worse for having wiped out the constitutional guarantee for all freedoms.
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		<title>Thai government bows to media pressure to drop draft bill</title>
		<link>http://seapa.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/thai-government-bows-to-media-pressure-to-drop-draft-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 05:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The junta-appointed cabinet in Thailand has dropped its own draft publishing bill following pressure from the media fraternity, reports Bangkok Post today. Instead, the government will consider the version drafted by members of the media sitting in the National Legislative Assembly, which repeals the draconian 1941 Printing Act. See also the Nation Multimedia Group&#8217;s group editor Tepchai Yong&#8217;s comment.
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		<title>In Malaysia, an arts party for press freedom</title>
		<link>http://seapa.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/in-malaysia-an-arts-party-for-press-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 10:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEAPA partners in Malaysia, the Centre for Independent Journalism and web-based daily Malaysiakini.com, celebrated World Press Freedom Day with indy music outfit Troubadours KL. Poetry recitals, indy music performances, art workshop for children, cartoon exhibition . . . it all happened at the arts hub Central Market in Kuala Lumpur, over the 5 May weekend. More pictures and stories here.  
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