Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Burma activist freed from jail after 19 years vows to fight on

Burma activist freed from jail after 19 years vows to fight on

One of Burma's most prominent political detainees, U Win Tin, was freed from jail yesterday after 19 years' imprisonment, and vowed to continue the fight for democracy in the country.

The ailing journalist, one of Burma's longest-serving political detainees, was one of the founders of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD)
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All they need to do now is release the other 99% of political prisoners...

1 comment:

  1. Yes, saw this elsewhere and it is a sad indictment, isn't it?

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