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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 04 > Myanmar’s prisons seethe with protest, often in code

Myanmar’s prisons seethe with protest, often in code

Living behind bars bred political savvy, ex-prisoners say

By The Washington Post / The Bulletin
August 4, 2008

YANGON, Myanmar — The promise of Myanmar’s future begins in its prisons.

Inside, dissidents detained by the military junta tapped out messages on water pipes and listened to them echo from one cell to the next. They spelled words by knocking on walls, each series of sounds a....

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