website,"Mizzima.com" reported on 15 June that Aung Than, member of opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) and Zeya Aung, a student from Pegu University student each received a sentence of 19 year imprisonment for publishing a book of poems titled "Dawn Mann", literally means "the fighting spirit of the peacock". The peacock is the symbol of pro-democracy movement and of the NLD party.
from Southeast Asian Press Alliance: Four dissidents sentenced up to 19 years in prison for anti-government poems
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1 comment :
Hi Mick,
Use it or lose it. We need to do it while we can. There is always a fine line to push with any government.
Thanks for your thoughtful post.
Rus
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