Win Tin was sentenced to 20 years in infamous Insein prison where other political prisoners are kept.The watchdogs said he has not been allowed any visits from the International Committee for the Red Cross since 2006, because he refused to work during his detention.They say at least ten journalists and one blogger are imprisoned.In June two editors were arrested for travelling to the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy Delta to help deliver relief supplies and bury the dead.Aung Kyaw San, editor of the Myanmar Tribune, was arrested along with 16 other people, while sports writer and editor Zaw Thet Htwe was detained during a visit to his ailing mother, the organisations said.
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