Veteran Journalist U Win Tin- World’s longest serving prisoner of conscience

By - Zin Linn U Win Tin is the world’s longest serving "prisoner of conscience" and a "veteran journalist of Burma". Two press freedom associations, Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association issued a statement calling for the release of the veteran journalist, who has spent 19 years in solitary confinement under the inhumane detention camp of Burmese junta. His health has deteriorated in the past few days. "It will be exactly 19 years on 4 July since Burma’s military arrested Win Tin," the groups’ statement highlighted. "The government, which has a responsibility to protect the life of its citizens, should now release him," the group statement urged. The famous imprisoned journalist has constantly refused to sign a confession promising to abandon his political career as a condition for his release. The... [read full story]