of burmese blogger sentenced to 20 years for "mocking" general than shwe

Burmese blogger sentenced to 20 years for "mocking" General Than Shwe

28-year-old Nay Phone Latt (in the photo) was arrested on January 29, 2008, and found guilty by a tribunal set up in the prison of Insein, in Yangon, where he is currently detained; he is accused of publishing a cartoon considered "offensive" toward the head of the military junta, General Than Shwe, on his blog.

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