PEN America: Burma Political Prisoners Assistance Act Provides Critical Assistance to Imprisoned Journalists
June 27, 2019
June 27, 2019
NEW YORK, June 27 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
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- Measure addresses the 331 political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Myanmar at the end of April 2019, and the on-going repression of free speech in the region
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The Burma Political Prisoners Assistance Act, which was voted out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously on June 19th, would provide critical on-going assistance to imprisoned journalist . . .
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- Measure addresses the 331 political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Myanmar at the end of April 2019, and the on-going repression of free speech in the region
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The Burma Political Prisoners Assistance Act, which was voted out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously on June 19th, would provide critical on-going assistance to imprisoned journalist . . .