Press Release from AI Canada:
“This is a very welcome move by the authorities and we are delighted
that Dr Tun Aung is finally free and will be reunited with his family.
His release will come as encouragement for all of those inside and
outside the country who campaigned for his freedom,” said Rupert Abbott,
Amnesty International’s Research Director for Southeast Asia and the
Pacific.
“But he should never have been imprisoned in the first place – the charges against him were baseless and the trials he faced farcical.”
“There’s also a risk that Dr Tun Aung could be arrested and imprisoned again as he was only conditionally released. The Myanmar authorities should lift any restrictions on him and ensure that he is free to peacefully exercise his human rights without threat of arrest or criminalization”.
“Despite Dr Tun Aung’s release, dozens more prisoners of conscience remain jailed in Myanmar – they must all be released immediately and without conditions.”
“This is a very welcome move by the authorities and we are delighted
that Dr Tun Aung is finally free and will be reunited with his family.
His release will come as encouragement for all of those inside and
outside the country who campaigned for his freedom,” said Rupert Abbott,
Amnesty International’s Research Director for Southeast Asia and the
Pacific.“But he should never have been imprisoned in the first place – the charges against him were baseless and the trials he faced farcical.”
“There’s also a risk that Dr Tun Aung could be arrested and imprisoned again as he was only conditionally released. The Myanmar authorities should lift any restrictions on him and ensure that he is free to peacefully exercise his human rights without threat of arrest or criminalization”.
“Despite Dr Tun Aung’s release, dozens more prisoners of conscience remain jailed in Myanmar – they must all be released immediately and without conditions.”
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