Nay Phone Latt, a pro-democracy blogger in Burma has been given a 20-year prison sentence for materials posted on his website criticising military leader Than Shwe.
He was arrested in January, along with poet Saw Wai, who was sentenced to 2 years for a hidden anti-Than Shwe message in one of his poems.
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Blogger sentenced to 20 years
Nay Phone Latt, a pro-democracy blogger in Burma has been given a 20-year prison sentence for materials posted on his website criticising military leader Than Shwe. He was arrested in January, along with poet Saw Wai, who was sentenced to 2 years for a hidden anti-Than Shwe message in one of his poems. Read more […]
11 Nov 08
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