Posted
September 24th, 2008
by
English PEN warmly welcomes the release of veteran journalist Win Tin on 23 September 2008.
Win Tin, one of the longest serving prisoners on PEN’s records, who had served over nineteen years in Insein Prison was reportedly released as part of an “amnesty” of 9,002 prisoners, just days before the first anniversary of the Burmese junta’s crackdown on anti-government protests.
Win Tin has since stated that he will “continue with [his] unfinished task of trying to achieve democracy in Myanmar” and “will be happy only when all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi are released.”
English PEN would like to thank all those who wrote letters to the Burmese authorities on behalf of Win Tin, and to urge members to continue writing on behalf of other PEN cases in Burma, including Zargana, Zaw Thet Hwe, and Aung San Suu Kyi.
To read past bulletins on this case, please click here.
Win Tin, one of the longest serving prisoners on PEN’s records, who had served over nineteen years in Insein Prison was reportedly released as part of an “amnesty” of 9,002 prisoners, just days before the first anniversary of the Burmese junta’s crackdown on anti-government protests.
Win Tin has since stated that he will “continue with [his] unfinished task of trying to achieve democracy in Myanmar” and “will be happy only when all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi are released.”
English PEN would like to thank all those who wrote letters to the Burmese authorities on behalf of Win Tin, and to urge members to continue writing on behalf of other PEN cases in Burma, including Zargana, Zaw Thet Hwe, and Aung San Suu Kyi.
To read past bulletins on this case, please click here.
Originally posted with the url: www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/myanmarwintinreleased/
