<p>Authorities in Rangoon, Burma have banned video recordings of press conferences of the regional government after a foreign-based media group broadcast a video clip of the first such event.</p>

<p>The Mae Sot Immigration office in Thailand freed John San Lin, a Burmese freelance journalist, and his colleague Pascal Schatterman, a Belgian national, on the evening of 24 January 201, after they paid a fine of THB500 (US$16).</p>

<p>Photojournalist Sithu Zeya was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment on 21 December for taking photos of the scene of an explosion at a traditional water festival pavilion near a Rangoon lake in April this year, his lawyer said.</p>

<p>Thai police and soldiers conducted a surprise raid on the Karen&nbsp;Information Centre (KIC) based in the Thai border town of Mae Sot&nbsp;on 4 February 2010.</p>