Tuesday, November 28, 2006

News at Eleven: The high court in Rangoon has dismissed appeals

lodged on behalf of two men sentenced to 26 years imprisonment for writing and distributing a politically sensitive poem.

Aung Than, a National League for Democracy member from Bago division, and Zayar Aung, a law student, were both arrested on May 29 and sentenced to 26 years in prison over the publication of a book of poems titled Daung Man (A Peacock's pride).

from Democratic Voice of Burma: Rangoon court dismisses poets' appeals

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