Burma: Zargana released
Published: October 18, 2007
English PEN has received reports that the poet and comedian Zargana, arrested for his part in supporting the recent protests in Myanmar (Burma) on 25 September, has now been released. We warmly welcome this news, but continue to protest the ongoing detention of other Burmese writers and journalists. Zargana himself remains under heavy surveillance and restriction, as he has been for many years.
To read earlier PEN bulletins reporting on Zargana's arrest and that of his fellow comedian U Par Par Lay, please click here and here.
To read an informative article on persecuted Burmese writers, please click here.