Burma frees pro-democracy deputy leader Tin Oo | World news | guardian.co.uk
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/14/burma-frees-tin-oo
Burma's ruling junta has released the deputy leader of the country's pro-democracy party from nearly seven years in detention, but offered no indication that he or still-detained party leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be allowed to take part in this year's elections.
The release yesterday of 82-year-old Tin Oo, who helped found the National League for Democracy with Aung San Suu Kyi, comes shortly before a UN envoy visits Burma to evaluate the regime's progress on human rights.
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