As 2011 comes to an end, 11 Burmese journalists and writers still languish in prison for trying to exercise basic human rights.
An updated list by the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (Seapa) showed the list contains journalists, photographers, a blogger and a poet.
In October this year, the military junta ordered the release of five writers as part of a group of 220 political prisoners freed in an amnesty program for the elderly and the sick. Despite the release, Seapa says that at least 11 writers and photographers still languish in jail.
The 11 imprisoned journalists and writers include : Hla Hla Win Min Han Nay Phone Latt Ngwe Soe Lwin Nyi Nyi Tun Sithu Zeya Thant Zin Aung Win Maw Zaw Thet Htwe Zayar Oo Thargyi Zeya