BANGKOK - Amnesty International said it was concerned about the well being of six members of the opposition party, the National League for Democracy, arrested in Burma last month. The international human rights organisation said yesterday that the six men had been apparently detained for having written a poem commemorating the 1991 death in custody of former opposition leader, Mr Tin Maung Win.
Concern for jailed Burmese
BANGKOK - Amnesty International said it was concerned about the well being of six members of the opposition party, the National…
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