A leading Burmese pro-democracy activist has been released after seven years in detention. The eighty-two-year-old Tin Oo helped found the National League for Democracy with Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains under house arrest. Meanwhile, UN human rights envoy Tomás Ojea Quintana arrived in Burma today for a five-day visit to evaluate progress on human rights in the military-ruled nation. Burma still holds an estimated 2,100 political prisoners.
Burmese Pro-Democracy Leader Released from Detention
HeadlineFeb 15, 2010