Are Myanmar's reforms backsliding?

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Are Myanmar's reforms backsliding? Critics say the government is going full-steam ahead on economic recovery at the expense of human rights.

Despite the president's pledges, press freedom and human rights have been slow in coming in Myanmar [EPA]

Yangon, Myanmar - When Barack Obama became the first sitting US president to visit Myanmar in November 2012, the country's leadership unveiled an ambitious reform agenda that promised to set the country on what Obama called a "remarkable journey" towards democracy.

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