Brave Bloggers in Burma

Whether you call it Burma or Myanmar, the stories coming out of that region have been compelling. Many of them were only possible because of bloggers - "amateur" writers and reporters who have literally put their lives on the line to get information to the rest of the world:

The bloggers held out as long as they could, and if there is ever a monument to the heroes of the Saffron Revolution it should certainly feature a statue of a skinny boy in a T-shirt and thick glasses hunched over a computer and a digital camera.

Now they're fearful, hunted. These young people who have remained in the country have gone underground and are sleeping in a different place every night. They're finding it harder to communicate, as the military regime has turned off the Internet. The London Times has an article worth reading to remember what the stakes can be in this line of work.