Win Tin and Hla Hla Win : Lessons in Journalism (and Courage)

Journalism sometimes changes people’s lives. This is the lesson of Win Tin and Hla Hla Win. Win Tin is 85 and Hla Hla Win is 28 and, despite the similarity of their names, they are not related. But both are Burmese and both have heroism, a desire for freedom and years in prison in common.

Generations separate them, but both stood up to a grotesque military regime that dominated their country for decades, a group of generals with a taste for numerology, torture and massacres who finally loosened the pressure of their jackboots enough in 2011 to allow a transition to democracy.

Birmanie : la leçon de journalisme et de courage de Win Tin et Hla Hla Win

Le journalisme change parfois la vie des gens. C’est la leçon de Win Tin et Hla Hla Win. Le premier a quatre-vingt-cinq ans et la seconde, vingt-huit. Tous deux ont bravé un groupe de généraux férus de numérologie, de torture et de massacres, qui a écrasé le pays sous sa botte martiale avant de relever le talon en 2011