News at Eleven: U Win Tin, former editor-in-chief

of the Hanthawadi Daily, spent his 77th birthday in solitary confinement on 12th of March. He is the only journalist- prisoner of conscience under solitary confinement for over 18 years. He also holds the record as the longest serving journalist detainees in the world. On one occasion, the prison authorities had assured the Red Cross that U Win would be released early and that his sentence would not be extended. The promise was a mirage.

from Asian Tribune: Journalist U Win Tin Spends 18 years in Burmese Prison

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