Burma: pro-democracy deputy leader Tin Oo freed
15 Feb 2010Burma’s junta has released the co-founder of the National League for Democracy, Tin Oo after nearly seven years in detention. Tin, who established the League with Aung San Suu Kyi, has been granted freedom shortly before a UN envoy is due to visit Burma to evaluate the regime’s progress on human rights. His release has prompted hopes that Aung San Suu Kyi will also be free.
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Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, democracy
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