At least 104 political prisoners released

(Mae Sot – Thailand)

The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) (AAPP) can confirm that so far 104 political prisoners have been released from 22 different prisons in Burma.

The 104 released include 37 members of the National League for Democracy, including 3 MPs; 18 women; 11 former political prisoners; 4 monks; 4 journalists; 9 members of the Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Network; 6 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:

Angaelay (Mandalay prison) - student

Aung Gyi (Insein prison) - student

Aung Gyi @ Aung Thwin (Shwebo prison) – journalist, former political prisoner, 88 Generation Students

Aung Ko Oo (Tharawaddy prison) - student

Aung Lwin (Thandwe prison)

Aung Myint (Myaungmya prison) - NLD member; Human Rights Defenders and Promoters member

Aung Myo (Shwebo prison) – NLD Township Organiser

Aung Naing (Insein prison) – NLD member

Aung Swe (Shwebo prison) - NLD member

Aung Tun (Tharawaddy prison) – student; member of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions

Aye Min (a) Aye Min Min (Tharawaddy prison) – private tutor

Ba Chit (Tharawaddy prison) – Ex-captain in the army

Ba Min (Kale prison) – NLD member

Bo Bo (Myingyan prison)

Bo Gyi (Pegu prison)

Cho Mar Htwe, (Female) (Moulmein prison) – NLD member

Eimt Khaing Oo, Female (Insein prison) – journalist; Cyclone Nargis volunteer

Hlaing Aye (Kale prison) - NLD MP, Former Political Prisoner

Hla Shein, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters

Htay Win (Thayet prison) – NLD Township Organizer

Khaing Kaung Zan, (Thayet prison) – Arakan League for Democracy in exile member

Khin Khin Lay (a) Khin Lay, (Female) (Pegu prison) – NLD member

Khin Maung Chit (Meiktila prison) - NLD Local Secretary

Khin Maung Thein (Shwebo prison) – NLD member

Khin Moe Aye (a) Moe Moe (Female), (Myingyan prison) – 88 Generation Students member; former political prisoner

Kyaw Kyaw Thant (Insein prison) – journalist; Cyclone Nargis volunteer

Kyaw Lwin, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters

Kyaw Maung (Myitkyina prison) – NLD MP

Kyaw Thu Htike (Taunggyi prison)

Kyaw Win (Tharawaddy prison) – All Burma Students Democratic Front

Kyi Kyi Min, (Female) (Insein prison) – NLD member

Kyi Lin (Myintkyina prison) – NLD member

Ma Ei (female) (Paungde prison)

Ma Htay (a) San San Myint, (Female) (Insein prison)

Ma Mi Mi Swe (female) (Henzada prison)

Maung Maung Htwe (Shwebo prison)

Maw Si (Shwebo prison) – NLD Youth member

Mi Mi Sein, (Female) (Insein prison) – NLD Township Joint-Secretary

Michael Win Kyaw (Kale prison) – 88 Generation Students member; former political prisoner

Min Min (a) La Min Tun, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters

Min Min Soe (Myingyan prison) – 88 Generation Students member

Moe Hlaing (Moulmein prison)

Moe Kyaw Thu (a) Bo Bo (Mandalay prison)

Moe Lwin (Moulmein prison) – individual activist

Monywar Aung Shin (a) U Aye Kyu (Insein prison) - Member of NLD and poet

Mya Sein, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters

Myint Oo (a) Ni Ni (Mandalay prison) – NLD Township organizer; former political prisoner

Myint Oo (Thayet prison) – NLD Township Joint Secretary

Myo Min Lwin (Moulmein prison)

Myo Yan Naung Thein (Thandwe prison) – 88 Generation Students member, former political prisoner

Nay Win (Myintkyina prison) – NLD Township Organizer

Nine Nine (Insein prison) – NLD MP, Former Political Prisoner

Nu Nu Swe @ Pauk Pauk (female) (Myaungmya prison)

Nyi Nyi Min (Buthidaung prison) – NLD member

Nyo Mya (Kale prison) – NLD member

Pe Tin (Pegu prison) – NLD member

Pyae Phyo Aung (a) Hnan Mue (Pa-An prison)

San Pwint (Kale prison) – NLD member; teacher

San Ya (Tharawaddy prison) – NLD member

Sandar Min (a) Shwee, (Myaungmya prison) – 88 Generation Students, Former Political Prisoner

Sandar, (Female) (Myingyan prison) – NLD member

Saw Myo Min Hlaing @ James (Thaton prison) - Private Tutor

Saw Taw Kyi (Thayet prison) – Karen National Union member

Shin Sandaw Batha, Monk (Insein prison) – All Burma Monks’ Alliance

Shwe Thar (a) Tin Win (Tharawaddy prison) – Karen National Union member

Soe Han (Lashio prison) – lawyer; Chair of the National League for Democracy’s (NLD) legal advisory body

Soe Wai (a) Than Zaw (Myitkyina prison)

Than Min (a) Tin Tun Aung, (Taungoo prison) – NLD member

Than Than Htay, (Female) (Insein prison) – student

Than Than Sint, (Female) (Insein prison)

Than Tun (Shwebo prison)

Than Zaw Oo (Tharawaddy prison) – NLD member

Thar Cho, (Thayet prison) – NLD Township Organizer

Thein Zaw (Tharawaddy prison)

Thet Oo (Taungoo prison) – Human Rights Defenders and Promoters member

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

Thin Min Soe, (Female) (Insein prison) – labour activist

Thura Win @ Thura Lin (Buthidaung) – Student

Tin Mar Swe (female) (Mandalay prison)

Tin Maung Nyunt (Shwebo prison) – NLD Township Organiser

Tin Mya (Insein prison) - National League for Democracy Township chairperson, Former Political Prisoner

Tin Myint (Insein prison) – NLD member

Tin Myint (Tharawaddy prison)

Tin Myo Htut (a) Kyaw Oo (Insein prison) – Generation Wave; former political prisoner

Tin Tin Myint, (Female) (Insein prison) – third year chemistry student

Tin Tun (a) Kyaw Swa (Tharawaddy prison) – UN Development Program staff (New Era journal distributor)

Tun Hla (Tharawaddy prison)

Tun Oo (a) Ngar Kalar (Taungoo prison)

Tun Tun Nyein, (Thayet prison) – NLD Youth member

Tun Tun Oo (a) Nanda Malar (Taungoo prison) – monk

Tun Tun Oo (Thandwe prison)

U Han Sein (Tharawaddy prison) – NLD member

U Myint, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters

U Pannita (a) Myint Aye (Taungoo prison) – monk; Human Rights Defenders and Promoters member

U Peter (Loikaw prison)

U Win, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters

U Zawana (a) Soe Myint (Taungoo prison) - monk

Win Myint (Insein prison)

Wunna Soe (Pa-An prison) – Democratic Party for a New Society member

Yan Aung Shwe (Thayet prison) – All Burma Students Democratic Front member

Yan Naing Min (a) Nan Wai (Mandalay prison) – student

Zaw Htet Aung (Kale prison) - student

Zaw Tun (Taungoo prison)

Zin Mar Aung (female) (Mandalay prison) – student; NLD member

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