San San Nweh


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San San Nweh is a Burmese journalist, also a writer and poet.

As the first woman to work as a journalist in Burma, she became editor-in-chief of two newspapers (Gita Ppade-tha and Einmet-hpu). ​​

Described as a dissident, she was jailed for ten years in 1994 for "anti-government remarks" to French journalists and for "providing information on the human rights situation to a woman. UN Special Rapporteur for Burma. "She is released in July 2001.

The Reporters Without Borders - Fondation de France trophy was awarded in 1999, but was only awarded in 2002 through Aung San Suu Kyi because she was not allowed to leave the festival. country to receive it. In 2001 she was awarded the Golden Pen of Freedom by WAN (World Association of Newspapers), along with U Win Tin. edit code



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