76:, while producing video reports for a privately owned production company. He was arrested in early October 1999 and sentenced to eight years in prison after releasing documentary videos about life in Burma that included scenes of the harsh conditions in rural areas. In an interview after his release he said "We were not jailed for taking video shots but because we had written articles and poems in some publications published by democratic forces whom the junta had declared outlawed groups. In those articles and poems, we called for the results of the
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editor, filmmaker, and poet. He was imprisoned from
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While in prison, health care was poor and Thaung Tun suffered from forms of torture such as having to stand all night with his hands tied, or being forced to kneel on broken glass.
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Thaung Tun worked for the MV media group. He worked on the
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285:. Committee to Protect Journalists. 15 October 2007
239:. Committee to Protect Journalists. January 4, 2007
195:"Press Freedom Award Winner Describes Time in Jail"
106:. Their three children were left without support.
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262:Asia and pacific writers network
1200:Burmese prisoners and detainees
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197:. Radio Free Asia. 2007-01-16
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868:Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez
658:Mashallah Shamsolvaezin
218:. Amnesty International
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1038:Cándido Figueredo Ruíz
938:Javier Valdez Cárdenas
89:prisoner of conscience
1131:Patrícia Campos Mello
1106:Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh
1028:Zulkiflee Anwar Haque
718:Manuel Vázquez Portal
461:Yndamiro Restano Díaz
85:Amnesty International
1142:Maxence Melo Mubyazi
893:Mustafa Haji Abdinur
1180:Burmese journalists
878:J. S. Tissainayagam
828:Adela Navarro Bello
813:Jesús Abad Colorado
1185:Burmese male poets
1091:Pravit Rojanaphruk
1058:Malini Subramaniam
883:Eynulla Fatullayev
788:Galima Bukharbaeva
778:Lúcio Flávio Pinto
763:Svetlana Kalinkina
533:Jesús Blancornelas
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1159:Categories
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1076:Ahmed Abba
1063:Can Dündar
968:Mae Azango
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758:Thaung Tun
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