[134]Statement by Aung San Suu Kyi, Yangon, 28 February 2011. The full statement isavailable at www.burma.icbl.org (accessed March 4, 2012). InternationalCampaign to Ban Landmines, Landmine and Cluster Munitions Monitor,Myanmar/Burma, October 30, 2011.
The State Department had identified Burma as a Tier 3 country in all of its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report from 2001 to 2011, but classified Burma as a Tier 2 Watch List nation in the 2012 TIP report.43 Tier 3 nations are defined as "countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so." Tier 2 Watch List nations are countries:
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Burma's quasi-civilian government has taken a number of steps to loosen its restrictions on the freedom of speech and the press, but it has also introduced new measures adding additional constraints on the civil liberties of the Burmese people. During the summer of 2011, the new government quietly removed its filters on foreign news websites and webpages. It also lifted its ban on satellite television antennas, but required people to purchase expensive licenses for the antenna. However, in May 2011, it introduced new restrictions on public access centers (PACs) providing Internet access, and banned the use of the Internet to provide international telephone services. In August 2012, the Union Government ended the pre-publication censorship of all publications (except for movies), but publishers are still subject to post-publication censorship and punishment for the distribution of unacceptable materials or content. 2ff7e9595c
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