are appalled to learn that detained poet Aung Than, a member of the opposition National League for Democracy, was probably infected with the HIV virus when he was forcibly injected in Insein prison hospital two years ago. Several people, including his mother, have told the two organisations that he is now in a critical condition.from Reporters Without Borders: Jailed poet gets HIV virus from forcible injection in Insein prison
also, from June 21, 2006 Southeast Asian Press Alliance: Four dissidents sentenced up to 19 years in prison for anti-government poems
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