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Update
22 September 2009 16:30 Thailand Standard Time
At least 128 political prisoners released
(Mae Sot – Thailand)
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) (AAPP) can confirm that so far 128 political prisoners have been released from 25 different prisons in Burma.
The 128 released include 44 members of the National League for Democracy, including 3 MPs; 22 women; 11 former political prisoners; 4 monks; 4 journalists; 13 students; 10 members of the Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Network; 5 members of the 88 Generation Students; and 1 lawyer.
On the evening of September 17, 2009 in Rangoon, state-run MRTV carried a news bulletin announcing that 7,114 prisoners were to be released “on humanitarian grounds.”
The list of political prisoners released will be continually updated at our web site www.aappb.org as AAPP receives more information. In alphabetical order:
| 1. Angaelay (Mandalay prison) - student |
| 2. Aung Gyi (Insein prison) - student |
| 3. Aung Gyi @ Aung Thwin (Shwebo prison) – journalist, former political prisoner, 88 Generation Students |
| 4. Aung Ko Oo (Tharawaddy prison) - student |
| 5. Aung Lwin (Thandwe prison) |
| 6. Aung Myint (Myaungmya prison) - NLD member; Human Rights Defenders and Promoters member |
| 7. Aung Myo (Shwebo prison) – NLD Township Organiser |
| 8. Aung Naing (Insein prison) – NLD member |
| 9. Aung Naing @ Ba Gyi Aung (Mandalay prison) – NLD member |
| 10. Aung Naing Tun (Monywa prison) – Student |
| 11. Aung Swe (Shwebo prison) - NLD member |
| 12. Aung Tun (Tharawaddy prison) – student; member of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions |
| 13. Aye Min (a) Aye Min Min (Tharawaddy prison) – private tutor |
| 14. Aye Myint Mar (female) (Monywa prison) - All Burma Students Democratic Front (Western) |
| 15. Ba Chit (Tharawaddy prison) – Ex-captain in the army |
| 16. Ba Min (Kale prison) – NLD member |
| 17. Ba Myint ( Bamaw prison ) - NLD Township Vice-Chairman |
| 18. Bo Bo (Myingyan prison) |
| 19. Bo Gyi (Pegu prison) |
| 20. Chan Aung (Monywa prison) - NLD township organiser |
| 21. Chit Thein Tun (Monywa prison) - All Burma Students Democratic Front (Western) |
| 22. Cho Mar Htwe, (Female) (Moulmein prison) – NLD member |
| 23. Ei (female) (Paungde prison) |
| 24. Eimt Khaing Oo, Female (Insein prison) – journalist; Cyclone Nargis volunteer |
| 25. Hla Shein, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters |
| 26. Hlaing Aye (Kale prison) - NLD MP, Former Political Prisoner |
| 27. Hnin Hnin (female) (Monywa prison) - All Burma Students Democratic Front (Western) |
| 28. Htay (a) San San Myint, (Female) (Insein prison) |
| 29. Htay Naing Lin (Monywa prison) - Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Network |
| 30. Htay Win (Thayet prison) – NLD Township Organizer |
| 31. Kay Thi Aung @ Ma Ei (female) (Mandalay prison) |
| 32. Khaing Kaung Zan, (Thayet prison) – Arakan League for Democracy in exile member |
| 33. Khin Khin Lay (a) Khin Lay, (Female) (Pegu prison) – NLD member |
| 34. Khin Maung Chit (Meiktila prison) - NLD Local Secretary |
| 35. Khin Maung Thein (Shwebo prison) – NLD member |
| 36. Khin Moe Aye (a) Moe Moe (Female), (Myingyan prison) – 88 Generation Students member; former political prisoner |
| 37. Kyaw Kyaw Thant (Insein prison) – journalist; Cyclone Nargis volunteer |
| 38. Kyaw Lwin, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters |
| 39. Kyaw Maung (Myitkyina prison) – NLD MP |
| 40. Kyaw Thu Htike (Taunggyi prison) |
| 41. Kyaw Win (Tharawaddy prison) – All Burma Students Democratic Front |
| 42. Kyi Kyi Min, (Female) (Insein prison) – NLD member |
| 43. Kyi Lin (Myintkyina prison) – NLD member |
| 44. Maung Maung Htwe (Shwebo prison) |
| 45. Maung Maung Twin (Mandalay prison) |
| 46. Maw Si (Shwebo prison) – NLD Youth member |
| 47. Mi Mi Sein, (Female) (Insein prison) – NLD Township Joint-Secretary |
| 48. Mi Mi Swe (female) (Henzada prison) |
| 49. Michael Win Kyaw (Kale prison) – 88 Generation Students member; former political prisoner |
| 50. Min Min (a) La Min Tun, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters |
| 51. Min Min Soe (Myingyan prison) – 88 Generation Students member |
| 52. Moe Hlaing (Moulmein prison) |
| 53. Moe Kyaw Thu (a) Bo Bo (Mandalay prison) |
| 54. Moe Lwin (Moulmein prison) – individual activist |
| 55. Monywar Aung Shin (a) U Aye Kyu (Insein prison) - Member of NLD and poet |
| 56. Mya Sein, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters |
| 57. Myint Oo (a) Ni Ni (Mandalay prison) – NLD Township organizer; former political prisoner |
| 58. Myint Oo (Thayet prison) – NLD Township Joint Secretary |
| 59. Myint, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters |
| 60. Myo Min Lwin (Moulmein prison) |
| 61. Myo Min Tun (Monywa prison) – Student |
| 62. Myo Yan Naung Thein (Thandwe prison) – 88 Generation Students member, former political prisoner |
| 63. Nay Win (Myintkyina prison) – NLD Township Organizer |
| 64. Ni Ni May Myint (Buthidaung prison) - NLD Youth |
| 65. Nine Nine (Insein prison) – NLD MP, Former Political Prisoner |
| 66. Nu Nu Swe @ Pauk Pauk (female) (Myaungmya prison) |
| 67. Nyi Nyi Min (Buthidaung prison) – NLD member |
| 68. Nyo Mya (Kale prison) – NLD member |
| 69. Pe Tin (Pegu prison) – NLD member |
| 70. Peter (Loikaw prison) |
| 71. Pyae Phyo Aung (a) Hnan Mue (Pa-An prison) |
| 72. San Pwint (Kale prison) – NLD member; teacher |
| 73. San Ya (Tharawaddy prison) – NLD member |
| 74. San Yi (Insein prison) |
| 75. Sandar, (Female) (Myingyan prison) – NLD member |
| 76. Saw Myo Min Hlaing @ James (Thaton prison) - Private Tutor |
| 77. Saw Oo Kyar (Mandalay prison) |
| 78. Saw Taw Kyi (Thayet prison) – Karen National Union member |
| 79. Shin Sandaw Batha (a) Kyaw Kyaw (Insein prison) – monk, All Burma Young Monks Union |
| 80. Shwe Thar (a) Tin Win (Tharawaddy prison) – Karen National Union member |
| 81. Soe Han (Lashio prison) – lawyer; Chair of the National League for Democracy’s (NLD) legal advisory body |
| 82. Soe Moe Naing @ Ngone (Mandalay) – Democratic Party for a New Society |
| 83. Soe Wai (a) Than Zaw (Myitkyina prison) |
| 84. Than Min (a) Tin Tun Aung, (Taungoo prison) – NLD member |
| 85. Than Than Htay, (Female) (Insein prison) – student |
| 86. Than Than Sint, (Female) (Insein prison) |
| 87. Than Tun (Shwebo prison) |
| 88. Than Tun Lay (Myingyan prison) – Individual activist |
| 89. Than Zaw Oo (Tharawaddy prison) – NLD member |
| 90. Thar Cho, (Thayet prison) – NLD Township Organizer |
| 91. Thein Zaw (Tharawaddy prison) |
| 92. Thet Oo (Taungoo prison) – Human Rights Defenders and Promoters member |
| 93. Thet Zin (a) Maung Zin (Kale prison) – journalist; former political prisoner; member of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions and the Democratic Party for a New Society |
| 94. Thin Min Soe, (Female) (Insein prison) – labour activist |
| 95. Thura Win @ Thura Lin (Buthidaung) – Student |
| 96. Tin Mar Swe (female) (Mandalay prison) |
| 97. Tin Maung Nyunt (Shwebo prison) – NLD Township Organiser |
| 98. Tin Mya (Insein prison) - National League for Democracy Township chairperson, Former Political Prisoner |
| 99. Tin Myint (Insein prison) – NLD member |
| 100. Tin Myint (Tharawaddy prison) |
| 101. Tin Myo Htut (a) Kyaw Oo (Insein prison) – Generation Wave; former political prisoner |
| 102. Tin San (Monywa prison) |
| 103. Tin Tin Myint, (Female) (Insein prison) – third year chemistry student |
| 104. Tin Tun (a) Kyaw Swa (Tharawaddy prison) – UN Development Program staff (New Era journal distributor) |
| 105. Tint San, (Monywa prison) - former political prisoner |
| 106. Tun Hla (Tharawaddy prison) |
| 107. Tun Min Aung (Kawthaung prison) |
| 108. Tun Oo (a) Ngar Kalar (Taungoo prison) |
| 109. Tun Tun Nyein, (Thayet prison) – NLD Youth member |
| 110. Tun Tun Oo (a) Nanda Malar (Taungoo prison) – monk |
| 111. Tun Tun Oo (Thandwe prison) |
| 112. U Han Sein (Tharawaddy prison) – NLD member |
| 113. U Pannita (a) Myint Aye (Taungoo prison) – monk; Human Rights Defenders and Promoters member |
| 114. U Zawana (a) Soe Myint (Taungoo prison) - monk |
| 115. Win, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters |
| 116. Win Maw @ Tut Pe (Kale prison) - NLD member |
| 117. Win Myint (Insein prison) |
| 118. Wunna Soe (Pa-An prison) – Democratic Party for a New Society member |
| 119. Yan Aung Shwe (Thayet prison) – All Burma Students Democratic Front member |
| 120. Yan Kyaw Soe @ Shwe Thway (Monywa prison) – NLD member |
| 121. Yan Naing Min (a) Nan Wai (Mandalay prison) – student |
| 122. Yar Zar @ Tun Lin Oo (Monywa prison) – NLD member |
| 123. Ye Thiha @ Soe Thein (Insein prison) – All Burma Students Democratic Front |
| 124. Zaw Htet Aung (Kale prison) - student |
| 125. Zaw Lin Tun (a) Phu Zaw (Monywa prison) - All Burma Students Democratic Front (Western) |
| 126. Zaw Tun (Taungoo prison) |
| 127. Zin Hninn Aye @ Zin Mar (female) (Mandalay prison) - Second year chemistry student |
| 128. Zin Mar Aung (female) (Mandalay prison) – student; NLD member |
-ENDS-
For media interviews please contact:
Tate Naing, AAPP Secretary +66(0)81-287-8751
Bo Kyi, AAPP Joint-Secretary
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He [Ban Ki-moon] reiterates his call on the Myanmar authorities to take further steps to ensure the release of remaining political prisoners, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, as a necessary step towards a credible process of national reconciliation and democratic transition.
