Category : Zarganar
National Poetry Day: Zarganar
To celebrate National Poetry Day, Index is publishing some of our favourite poems from our archives. The first is from Burmese artist Zarganar
Obama’s Burmese Day
President Barack Obama’s speech at Yangoon University appears to be another step in what he described as a “remarkable journey” for the country. The progress does look real. Back in 2007, BBC special correspondent Fergal Keane wrote a report for Index after he returned from reporting the brutal crackdown on the Saffron revolution. He alluded […]
Burma: Film festival to test promised freedom
Burma’s democracy movement leader Aung San Suu Kyi, film director Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, and former political prisoner and comedian Maung Thura aka Zarganar are pushing the boundaries of prevalent state censorship in the Arts of Freedom Film Festival in Rangoon, which began on 31 December will continue to 4 Jan. In a bid to […]
Zarganar thanks Index on Censorship for support
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Zarganar was released from prison in Burma yesterday. His friend
Htein Lin managed to talk to him last night, and he passed on his thanks to Index and all those who campaigned on his behalf
Burmese Arts Festival fundraiser
Join Index on Censorship on 30 July for an evening of Burmese culture, with exclusive excerpts of new Zarganar film This Prison Where I Live
Burma: Free Zarganar!
Supported by Index on Censorship, campaigners from across the UK and abroad are to converge on London’s Trafalgar Square on 3 May in support of Zarganar, Burma's most famous comedian turned prisoner of conscience
