School teacher among 19 political prisoners freed in Myanmar , Amnesty says . In September 2008 , Amnesty International reported that Myanmar , also called Burma , had released seven dissidents , among them U Win Tin , a journalist and senior official in the opposition National League for Democracy who had been imprisoned for 19 years . Ma Khin Khin Leh sentenced to life in 1999 after her husband planned a protest . Score: 7 Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi still confined to home .
School teacher among 19 political prisoners freed in Myanmar , Amnesty says . Ma Khin Khin Leh sentenced to life in 1999 after her husband planned a protest . Score: 7 Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi still confined to home .