Free Hkun Htun Oo and other Shan Leaders in Burma

Five years ago, on 8-9 February 2005, 30 political leaders from Shan State who were peacefully advocating for political reform were arrested by the Burmese military regime. sentences, including Hkun Htun Oo, leader of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), which won the majority of seats in Shan State in the 1990 election. He was sentenced to 93 years in prison. Others received sentences of between 75 and 106 years.