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Burma: Conscripted for Karaoke
Promoting the Burmese governments National Convention, three famous singers; Khin Maung Toe, Ringo and Htun Aeindrabo are singing a jingle on Myanmar TV—but something is not right. Expressionless, the three gaze at their scripts and sing blankly, even though the song is short and repetitive. The singing zombie trio in concert. News indicates that these musicians were conscripted into singing and possibly blackmailed by authorities. Story from The Irrawaddy |
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| More about Burma: |
| Myanmar/Burma: Flow of secret music files |
| Exiled Burmese musicians develop alternative communication channels, and their music is being smuggled across borders and distributed secretly within Burma via the internet |
| 27 September 2007 |
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| Myanmar/Burma: Music under siege |
| Music provides a rallying point for the masses during political upheavals in Burma. An excerpt from the book 'Shoot the Singer': Chapter 6 |
| 28 October 2005 |
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| Myanmar/Burma: Musician Win Maw arrested |
| International PEN calls for immediate release of Burmese musician Win Maw, arrested in November 2007 and is said to be seriously ill as a result of torture in detention. |
| 15 May 2008 |
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| Myanmar/Burma: Conscripted for Karaoke |
| Promoting the Burmese governments National Convention, three famous singers are singing a jingle on tv — but news indicate that they were conscripted into singing and possibly blackmailed by authorities |
| 14 June 2004 |
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| Shoot the Singer! Book |
| "Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today". The first worldwide presentation of contemporary cases of music censorship, with cases from i.a. Burma, Mexico, Middle East, France, Algeria, Zimbabwe, USA, South Africa, Turkey. Edited by Freemuse director Marie Korpe, published by Zed Books, May 2004. |
| 25 May 2004 |
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