Journalist Win Tin freed by Burmese junta after 19 years in jail

Burma's longest-serving political prisoner, 78-year-old journalist Win Tin, was freed today after 19 years behind bars, writes Edward Loxton for The First Post. Win Tin was among 9,002 prisoners released, only a handful of whom were political detainees. The freed political prisoners included another well-known writer, Aung Soe Myint, and four members of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) - Khin... [read full story]