2000: British activist freed from Burma
Human rights activist James Mawdsley has been released from prison in Burma after serving 415 days in solitary confinement.
The 27-year-old from Lancashire was sentenced to 17 years in Keng Tung jail in 1999 after being arrested for protesting against the military regime's slaughter of ethnic minorities and carrying pro-democracy leaflets.
Arriving at Bangkok airport, on route to London, he said: "I am out but the injustice continues".
Accompanied by his mother Diana Mawdsley who, along with the rest of his family, has constantly campaigned for her son's release, he added: "I am not ashamed to be 27 years-old and still being rescued by my mother".
Asked if he would return to Burma he said: "I've seen what I needed to see and I hope to build on that in different ways. I'm very glad that I went and I'm very glad to be out."
The release of the British campaigner comes just weeks after he was reportedly beaten by guards at the prison.