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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's courts continued a crackdown on activists yesterday, handing out a 45-year prison sentence to a comedian who went to the Irrawaddy Delta to help cyclone victims and then criticized the junta's slow relief response.
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
A BURMESE military court sentenced comedian and activist Zarganar, whose real name is Maung Thura, to 45 years in prison yesterday for co-ordinating private aid in Rangoon f
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
YANGON, Myanmar-- A lone demonstrator staged a silent protest in front of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party headquarters today demanding the military government free all student activists as the country celebrated its National Day.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Secret courts in Burma have sentenced a popular comedian and a hip-hop star to hefty jail terms as the military regime cracks down on its dissidents, from monks to celebrities. The comedian Zargana, detained in June for criticising the government's slow response to Cyclone Nargis in interviews with foreign news groups, was sentenced to 45 years in jail.
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Fox News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Courts in military-ruled Burma, also known as Myanmar, have handed long prison sentences to a prominent Buddhist monk and a popular comedian who are active in the country's pro-democracy movement.
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The First Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Burma's best known satirist and comedian, Zarganar (pictured), was sentenced to 45 years imprisonment today by a kangaroo court ordered by the country's brutal regime to silence him once and…
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Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | yesterday
In military-ruled Burma dissident sources say courts have jailed the country's famous comedian Zarganar for 45 years and imposed a 15-year jail term on a sports writer, Zaw Thet Htwe. Both were arrested in June after organising private aid to victims of Cyclone Nargis. They are among at least 100 dissidents who've been jailed for terms of up to 65 year in recent weeks. The convictions also related...
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Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
A secret court in military-ruled Burma sentenced popular comedian and activist Zarganar to 45 years in prison on Friday.
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday
BURMA'S most famous comedian Zarganar has been sentenced to 45 years in prison, while sports writer Zaw Thet Htwe was handed a 15-year jail term, according to Zarganar's sister.
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The First Post (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
A Burmese pop star who commands a huge following among his country’s young people was today sentenced by a Rangoon court to six years imprisonment for his role in the…
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
A Buddhist monk who helped organise last year's "Saffron Revolution" against the Burmese junta has been sentenced to a dozen years in jail by a secret court in Rangoon.
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Christian Today (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Christian Solidarity Worldwide CSW is calling on UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon to press ahead with his planned visit to Burma next month in light of the recent prison sentences passed on to prodemocracy activists and the continued military offensive by the Burma Army against civilians in Karen State
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euronews24 (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar's junta has sent dozens of political prisoners recently sentenced to up to 65 years in jail to far-flung corners of its gulag, making it hard for family members to deliver food and medicine, relatives said on Monday.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta has sent dozens of political prisoners recently sentenced to up to 65 years in jail to far-flung corners of its gulag, making it hard for family members to deliver food and medicine, relatives said on Monday.
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euronews24 (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
YANGON, Myanmar – Courts in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced at least seven democracy activists to prison Monday, continuing a crackdown that saw about 70 people jailed last week. Four student activists, two members of t
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babylittle | 06/13/2008
As Irrawaddy went to report on Wednesday, June 11th 2008, despite the announcement of a major multilateral operation to determine the scope of cyclone Nargis on Burma, 18 cyclone victims (women and children) were arrested following
