Tuesday, July 04, 2006

News at Eleven: On the eve of the 17th

anniversary of the arrest of prominent journalist dissident U Win Tin, Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association are calling on Burmese Prime Minister, General Soe Win, to immediately release him.

In protest at his continued detention--Win Tin is serving 20 years on a charge of "anti-government propaganda"--the two press freedom organisations are mounting a fax offensive on 4 July 2006, targeting major Burmese embassies throughout the world.

from Reporters Without Borders: U Win Tin begins his 18th year in prison:

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