Far and Away: Reporting from the Brink of Change

475 The work of Wah Nu and Tun Win Aung is discussed in Mike Ives, “Culling Myanmar’s past for memories,” New York Times, October 16, 2013; and Susan Kendzulak, “Burma’s flying circus,” Art Radar, October 18, 2013.

476 Maung Tin Thit (also known as U Ye Mon) won a seat in the Hluttaw (the legislative assembly) in the 2015 general elections; see Pyae Thet Phyo, “Ex-minister’s agent denies seeking recount,” Myanmar Times, November 12, 2015.

476 Ma Thanegi, Nor Iron Bars a Cage (2013).

476 Ma Thanegi articulated her opposition to sanctions in “The Burmese fairy tale,” Far Eastern Economic Review, February 19, 1998.

478 Misuu Borit’s efforts to reestablish the Burmese cat in its native land are recounted in Kelly McNamara, “Burmese cats return to a new Burma,” Bangkok Post, September 14, 2012; and Kyaw Phyo Tha, “A purr-fect pedigree in Burma,” Irrawaddy, February 24, 2014.

479 Figures on tourism in Myanmar come from Turner et al., op. cit.

479 The convicted Unity Journal staffers remain in prison; see San Yamin Aung, “Supreme Court rejects appeal of Unity journalists,” Irrawaddy, November 27, 2014.

479 Charges against some protesters were eventually dropped; see “Charges dropped against 23 journalists,” Nation (Bangkok), August 25, 2014.

479 The death of Aung Kyaw Naing (Par Gyi) in police custody is reported in Lawi Weng, Nyein Nyein, and Kyaw Hsu Mon, “Missing reporter killed in custody of Burma army,” Irrawaddy, October 24, 2014. On the aftermath of the event, see British Broadcasting Corporation, “Myanmar court ‘must investigate Aung Kyaw Naing death,’ ” BBC News, December 3, 2014.

479 Zaw Pe’s conviction for “trespassing” while investigating a scholarship program is described in Zarni Mann, “DVB reporter jailed for one year,” Irrawaddy, April 7, 2014.

479 The conviction and sentencing of the Bi Mon Te Nay staffers is reported in Nobel Zaw, “Court sentences 3 journalists, 2 media owners to 2 years in prison,” Irrawaddy, October 16, 2014.

479 Htin Kyaw’s arrest and conviction are the subject of Nobel Zaw, “Activist hit with additional sentence, totaling over 13 years,” Irrawaddy, October 31, 2014.

479 Press freedom rankings come from Reporters Without Borders’s annual World Press Freedom Index, 2015, at http://index.rsf.org.

480 The quotes from Yanghee Lee (“to criminalize and impede,” “disproportionately high”) come from Yanghee Lee, “Report of the Special Rapporteur on situation of human rights in Myanmar,” United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, September 23, 2014.

480 The increasingly desperate plight of the Rohingya people is described in Rishi Iyengaar, “Burma’s million-strong Rohingya population faces ‘final stages of genocide,’ says report,” Time, October 28, 2015; and Penny Green, Thomas MacManus, and Alicia de la Cour Venning, “Countdown to annihilation: Genocide in Myanmar,” International State Crime Initiative, 2015.

481 The 969 movement is the subject of Andrew Marshall’s reports “The 969 catechism,” Reuters, June 26, 2013; and “Myanmar gives official blessing to anti-Muslim monks,” Reuters, June 27, 2013. For discussion of the Ma Ba Tha political party, see Annie Gowen, “Hard-line Buddhist monks threaten Burma’s hopes for democracy,” Washington Post, November 5, 2015.

481 The pending lawsuit against Burmese president Thein Sein is discussed in Agence France-Presse, “Muslim groups sue Myanmar president for Rohingya ‘genocide,’ ” Guardian, October 5, 2015.

481 The National League for Democracy’s election victory is reported in Oliver Holmes, “Aung San Suu Kyi wins outright majority in Myanmar election,” Guardian, November 13, 2015. U Win Htein’s postelection comments on Muslims in Burma are drawn from Austin Ramzy, “After Myanmar election, few signs of a better life for Muslims,” New York Times, November 18, 2015.

481 The expansion of the Myanmar press, and its simultaneous suppression by the government, is the subject of Julie Makinen, “Myanmar press freedom: Unprecedented but still subject to pressures,” Los Angeles Times, March 27, 2015; Paul Mooney, “Jail, lawsuits cast shadow over Myanmar media freedom,” Reuters, May 15, 2014; and Amnesty International, “Caught between state censorship and self-censorship: Prosecution and intimidation of media workers in Myanmar,” Amnesty International, June 16, 2015.

482 The military’s constitutionally enshrined dominance over Burmese politics is noted in “A milestone for Myanmar’s democracy,” New York Times, November 12, 2015.