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The "Global Bloggers Take Action For Burma"-Dayposted by Anna-Maria Müller at 11h08 GMT on Oct 4
![]() Writers and journalists around the world emphasized the important role bloggers and citizen journalists play in the documentation of the crisis in Burma: While official journalists have restricted access to information and face limits in their research, bloggers, especially in Burma, take brave action and fight with keyboards and digital cameras to share information with the world. Today, bloggers around the world are joining up with activists in Burma to creat the International Bloggers' Day for Burma. Free Burma.org is organising the event, providing infrastructure such as banners, pictures and other free campaigning material in different languages for the global blogger community. These materials can be used on webpages and blogs to show support for the population in Burma: "International bloggers are preparing an action to support the peaceful Free Burma.org also gives an up-to-date list with involved bloggers. Besides this, bloggers around the world create unique content and engage discussions about the crisis and - among other things - ask whether democracy is a real option for Burma:
Find other information and news about Burma and related blogs via news aggregators like Cbox Burma and Myanmarian.com.
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Great summary. One could add a new analysis in Foreign Affairs magazine, where the authors recommend a new approach from the international community.
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