The great Phil Ryan of the Tricycle Editors’ Blog writes about his experience with managing editor Alex Kaloyanides at last night’s “Reading Burma: A Benefit for Cyclone Relief and Freedom of Expression in Burma/Myanmar” in New York City.
Time Magazine writes about Win Tin, Burma’s longest-held political prisoner who was recently released by the junta.
Speaking of Win Tin, the Agence France-Presse reports that he has defiantly called for the release of more political prisoners. The junta freed more than 9,000 prisoners ahead of elections promised for 2010, but very, very few of those released were political prisoners. Win Tin and Amnesty International estimate that 2,000 political prisoners remain behind bars.
