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132 Sathorn Nua Road.
8angkok, ThaIIand
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"Happy" bIrthday HIa HIa WIn
09]09 CatherIng Ior the reIease oI HIa
HIa WIn, 8urmese poIItIcaI prIsoner
and DV8 V].
Today Is the bIrthday oI HIa HIa WIn; a
young DemocratIc VoIce oI 8urma
(DV8) vIdeo-journaIIst (V]).
Two years ago, HIa HIa WIn
(http:]]www.Ireeburmavj.org
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Ia-hIa-wIn), was arrested and
sentenced to 27 years In jaII Ior doIng
her job as a journaIIst.
To caII on the reIease oI HIa HIa WIn,
the 17 DV8 V]s as weII and the 1995
poIItIcaI prIsoners In 8urma, an
InternatIonaI actIon wIII take pIace on
FrIday September 9 2011.
The Free 8urma V] campaIgn caIIs on
the pubIIc and concerned peopIe to
raIIy In Iront oI the 8urmese embassy
In 8angkok on FrIday September 9, at
10am, to caII Ior theIr ImmedIate
reIease. On thIs occasIon, the Free
8urma V] campaIgn wIII deIIver a
Ietter to the 8urmese Ambassador In
ThaIIand carryIng thIs request.
On the same day, In ParIs, London
and Ceneva, nIo 8IrmanIe, Amnesty
nternatIonaI, Reporters WIthout
8orders, the FederatIon nternatIonaI
des IIgues des DroIts de I`Homme
(FDH), 8urma CampaIgn UK and the
SuIsse sectIon oI Reporters WIthout
8orders wIII protest In Iront oI the
8urmese embassIes oI theIr country,
to caII on HIa HIa WIn's reIease.
HIa HIa WIn turns 27 today, August 29
2011. She was sentenced on
September 11 2009, just aIter the
annIversary oI the 2007 Saron
RevoIutIon, aIter beIng arrested Ior
IntervIewIng a monk In a monastery In
centraI 8urma.
A democracy doesn't keep Its
journaIIsts behInd bars and respects
basIc human rIghts: IncIudIng those
oI Ireedom oI expressIon, Ireedom oI
InIormatIon and assocIatIon. The
ceaseIess harassment on journaIIsts
by the 8urmese authorItIes proves
that democracy In 8urma remaIns a
dIstant prospect Ior those journaIIsts
In jaII.
We need your heIp to Iree them:
]oIn us to protest In Iront oI the
8urmese embassy In 8angkok, 132
SATHORN NUA ROAD, 8angkok
10500., September 9 2011, at 10am,
SIgn the onIIne petItIon:
http:]]www.Ireeburmavj.org
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Hla Hla Win
SENTENCE: 27 YEARS
Charges: Electronics Act, Import/Export Act
Date of Birth: 29 August 1984
Prison: Kathar

Age: 27
Ethnicity: Burmese
Religion: Buddhist
Education: University, 2nd year (Economics)
Occupation: DVB VJ, teacher
Arrest date: 11 September 2009
Sentence date: 21 December 2009
Hla Hla Win was first arrested in September 2009, close to the anniversary of the
2007 monk-led uprising, and sentenced to seven years imprisonment. She had been
detained under the Import/Export Act for using an unregistered motorbike.
The arrest took place as she was returning from a DVB reporting assignment in
Pakokku township, Magwe division, where she had conducted interviews with Buddhist
monks in a local monastery. Her assistant, Myint Naing, was also arrested, and
eventually given a 26-year sentence.
During the first weeks of her seven year sentence, she was interrogated and
eventually admitted to being a DVB reporter. On 20 December 2009 her jail term was
extended by 20 years for violating the Electronics Act, which prohibits downloading or
uploading data from the internet that is considered damaging to the security of the
military regime. This is a tactic often used by the regime to imprison video reporters.
She was handed a further 20 years and offered no legal representative.
Hla Hla Win first joined DVB as an undercover reporter in December 2008. She played
an active role in covering issues considered sensitive to the government, including the
local reaction to the controversial trial in 2009 of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
In 2010, Hla Hla Win received the Kenji Nagai Memorial Award, along with fellow DVB
reporter Win Maw, an honour bestowed on Burmese journalists in memory of the
Japanese photojournalist shot and killed by Burmese troops while covering the
September 2007 monk-led uprising.
She was also a volunteer teacher working in monastic education centres, and a
leading organiser of community movements along with her colleagues. She was also
an active member of the NLD (Youth) from Thanhyin township in Rangoon.
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