censorship – Generation Change https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange Whether they are campaigning for free press in Zimbabwe, helping provide clean water in India, or offering free music lessons to underprivileged kids in the UK, young people all over the world are making a difference. Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:49:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Singer raises his voice in Myanmar https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2013/01/singer-raises-his-voice-in-myanmar/ Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:36:56 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=3183 Darko and his indie rock band Side Effect are singing for change in Myanmar. Despite looser censorship laws, he doesn’t feel totally free. But the band’s first-ever tour abroad has given them courage to continue.

Listen to the report by Nadine Wojcik in Berlin:

Singer raises his voice in Myanmar

 

Darko

Many of Darko’s songs are full of harsh realism

Darko and Side Effect in Berlin

Side Effect was overwhelmed with the response they got in Berlin

Darko and Tse with tattoo

Darko und drummer Tser Htoo have matching tattoos of the band’s logo

 

Read more about Side Effect in the DW article.

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