The hurricane Nargis struck Myanmar in the beginning of May, 2008. When it seemed that the government of Myanmar made obstruction for the routing of the international assistance in the destroyed zones, Zarganar took the head of a movement of donors and more than 400 volunteers he had mostly recruited himself, who crossed over the roadblocks and control points to bring an emergency help to thousands of disaster victims. Zarganar and the other volunteers collected video films and photographic
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35 years prison for denouncing the governments failure to help the victims of the hurricane Nargis
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Award of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany, for Zarganar...
Zarganar's blog. Why ?
This blog is born of the will of several European Amnesty International groups. The goal is to federate ideas and...
A message from Aung San Suu Kyi about Zarganar and Burmese artists
In Burma, artists are not free. Many of you have heard about our famous comedian Zarganar who is in prison for having been engaged in humanitarian activities. This might seen very strange to many people : why should anybody imprisoned for engaged in
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This is a film about two comedians. Zarganar, is Burma’s greatest living comic, Forbidden to proudce shows, and now in prison. Michael Mittermeier, german comic, equally irreverent and famous for tackling taboo subjects in his comic routines Two men
Les 9 et 10 mars à Paris : Première en France du film sur Zarganar
Jeudi 10 mars à 19h30. A l'initiative des Elus du Conseil de Paris (Groupe Verts/Europe Ecologie) et de M. J. Boutault, maire du 2ème arr. Salle Jean Dame, 17 rue Léopold Bellan, 2ème arr. (Métro : Sentier). Entrée gratuite. Mercredi 9 mars à 18h et
Una parodia di democrazia potrebbe essere più pericolosa di una dittatura palese
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Track down dissidents and militant anti-government activists
The Burmese authorities have tightened security at border checkpoints and increased nighttime screening of households in the former capital Rangoon in an attempt to track down dissidents and militant anti-government activists. At least 10 police
Video reporter Maung Maung Zeya sentenced to 13 years in prison
A Rangoon court sentenced video reporter Maung Maung Zeya on 4 February to a combined total of 13 years in prison. Maung Maung Zeya has worked for years for Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), an Oslo-based radio and TV station that is one of the few
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I can't understand how MAUNG ZEYA , DEMOCRATIC VOICE OF BURMA WAS UNDER ARREST: 13 YEARS IN PRISON ! He 's just working for the Democratic Voice of Burma...
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