One down and 2,199 other prisoners to go
- Published: 14/11/2010 at 03:05 AM
- Newspaper section: News
Aung San Suu Kyi has been freed, but Human Rights Watch estimates that 2,200 people continue to languish in Burmese prisons.
The figure has more than doubled since the 2007 anti-government protests and 350 political activists have been jailed since October 2008.
Among those currently imprisoned by the Burmese junta are:
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