Burma
Two journalists arrestedPosted Apr 2 2008
Myanmar Nation magazine editor Thet Zin and office manager Sein Win Maung were arrested Feb. 15. Police searched the magazine office, retrieved documents and arrested the journalists without giving a reason, the Associated Press reports. Authorities also suspended publication of the magazine and lifted the suspension Feb. 28.
The journalists were held at Thingangyun prison for 10 days, charged with illegal publishing and printing and transferred to Insein prison.
Among the items taken are cell phones, documents, videos of anti-government protests, poems and a report on the country by a senior U.N. official.
Myanmar Nation is a small private magazine, published weekly with a small circulation.