Following up on this post to note that Burmese comedian U Maung Thura has been sentenced to 45 years in prison. His crime? Organizing an independent relief effort for victims of Cyclone Nargis. And telling the truth: that the regime did nothing.
“Bloggers, musicians and poets have also been sent to prison,” reports Sharon Otterman in the NY Times.
[Update: George Packer writes, “In a just world, the names Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi would be as well known as Steve Biko and Adam Michnik.”]
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