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Political Prisoners' Release Remains Uncertain |
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Sources: Irrawaddy News 
August 26, 2011: Despite growing expectations that a breakthrough on the issue of political prisoners was imminent, UN envoy to Burma Tomás Ojea Quintana leaves the country with no guarantees for their release.
According to state-run The New Light of Myanmar (NLM), officials in Naypyidaw told the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Thursday that “political prisoners will be released when they are certain not to disrupt the nation's stability and peace.”
The statement was reportedly made by Upper House Speaker Khin Aung Myint in response to a question by Quintana regarding the detention of political prisoners and Shan politicians, land confiscations, and the teaching of ethnic languages at schools.
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Nay Myo Zin Sentenced to 10 Years |
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Sources: IRRAWADDY
August 26, 2011: Nay Myo Zin, who worked as a volunteer for a blood donor group affiliated with the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday by Insein Prison Court in Rangoon, accused of breaking the electronic transactions act, Article 33(a).
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