There are, in effect, no journalists in Burma. One who made it, reports in The Guardian.
"CNN's Dan Rivers has just returned from reporting in Burma. He reveals how he survived being hunted by the junta:
I realised we were in danger when our remarkably brave local contact told us the military government had put out a request to all hotels asking for a list of foreigners, writes Dan Rivers.
We were told the regime had seen one of my reports and was furious I was in the country. They were specifically looking for me.
I was sceptical at first, but over the next few days it became apparent that despite the biggest humanitarian crisis in Burma's history, the government was expending considerable time and energy trying to stop me from reporting on the true extent of the disaster.
A colleague from the BBC had already been deported on arrival from the airport and it was clear they wanted me out next."
"CNN's Dan Rivers has just returned from reporting in Burma. He reveals how he survived being hunted by the junta:
I realised we were in danger when our remarkably brave local contact told us the military government had put out a request to all hotels asking for a list of foreigners, writes Dan Rivers.
We were told the regime had seen one of my reports and was furious I was in the country. They were specifically looking for me.
I was sceptical at first, but over the next few days it became apparent that despite the biggest humanitarian crisis in Burma's history, the government was expending considerable time and energy trying to stop me from reporting on the true extent of the disaster.
A colleague from the BBC had already been deported on arrival from the airport and it was clear they wanted me out next."
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