MANDALAY—Three students – Aung Hsan Oo, Jit Tue and Nyun Lin Htet – from Yadanarpon University were freed from Obo Prison in Mandalay Region on December 22 after completing their prison sentences.
The three students were sentenced for violating Section 18 of the Peaceful Assembly Law, for taking part in assemblies against the government and for of defamation of the state.
Naing Ye Wai, chairman of the Yadanarpon University Student Union, remains in prison because he was charged with two counts of violating Section 18.
“Although we were freed from the prison, we are not happy because we were unfairly detained. Our comrades remain in other prisons, including Thayawady. We urged the government to release the detained students, political prisoners, activists and farmers at once. We are going to try as soon as possible to secure the release of those prisoners who are being unfairly detained in prisons across the nation. Then, we will demand official recognition of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions,” said Jit Tue. (Courtesy of Eleven Myanmar)
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