0 At least 104 political prisoners released

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:

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)


# 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