Myanmar releases seven dissidents

[Coventina]

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- Myanmar has freed one of the country's longest-serving political prisoners, Amnesty International reported.

U Win Tin, 78, a journalist and senior official in the opposition National League for Democracy, had been imprisoned for 19 years.

He was one of seven dissident members of the National League for Democracy released on Tuesday, according to Amnesty.

"While the release of U Win Tin and his fellow prisoners is certainly the best news to come out of Myanmar for a long time, unfortunately they don't even represent one percent of the political prisoners there," said Benjamin Zawacki, Amnesty International's Myanmar researcher.



Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/24/myanmar.dissidents/

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A little bit of good news today...