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Jailed Myanmar journalist gets press freedom prize=20
08:31 p.m Dec 09, 1999 Eastern=20
PARIS, Dec 10 (Reuters) - International press watchdog Reporters without =
Borders (RsF) on Friday awarded its annual prize to Myanmar journalist =
San San Nweh, jailed for ``spreading information damaging for the =
state.''=20

San San Nweh, 55, was given a seven-year sentence in 1994 by a Myanmar =
court and a further three-year term on charges of giving biased =
information to French reporters.=20

The Rangoon authorities also blamed her for passing on to the United =
Nations information on human rights violations in Myanmar, formerly =
called Burma.=20

The 50,000-French-franc ($7,750) RsF prize rewards action taken to =
defend press freedom.=20

RsF said San San Nweh was suffering from liver and eye ailments as a =
result of torture and harsh prison conditions.=20

Myanmar exile U Aung Ko, who played a dissident professor in John =
Boorman's film ``Rangoon,'' was to receive the prize in her name in =
Paris later on Friday.=20

RsF said 13 journalists were in prison in Myanmar, most serving long =
terms and ``living through real hell.''=20

It said one journalist died in jail last year, a photographer reportedly =
died under torture last September, and a journalist named as U Win Tin =
was near death in prison.=20


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gets press freedom prize</STRONG></FONT> <BR>08:31 p.m Dec 09, 1999 =
Eastern=20
<P>PARIS, Dec 10 (Reuters) - International press watchdog Reporters =
without=20
Borders (RsF) on Friday awarded its annual prize to Myanmar journalist =
San San=20
Nweh, jailed for ``spreading information damaging for the state.''=20
<P>San San Nweh, 55, was given a seven-year sentence in 1994 by a =
Myanmar court=20
and a further three-year term on charges of giving biased information to =
French=20
reporters.=20
<P>The Rangoon authorities also blamed her for passing on to the United =
Nations=20
information on human rights violations in Myanmar, formerly called =
Burma.=20
<P>The 50,000-French-franc ($7,750) RsF prize rewards action taken to =
defend=20
press freedom.=20
<P>RsF said San San Nweh was suffering from liver and eye ailments as a =
result=20
of torture and harsh prison conditions.=20
<P>Myanmar exile U Aung Ko, who played a dissident professor in John =
Boorman's=20
film ``Rangoon,'' was to receive the prize in her name in Paris later on =
Friday.=20

<P>RsF said 13 journalists were in prison in Myanmar, most serving long =
terms=20
and ``living through real hell.''=20
<P>It said one journalist died in jail last year, a photographer =
reportedly died=20
under torture last September, and a journalist named as U Win Tin was =
near death=20
in prison. </P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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