As Philip Blackwood approaches the end of his first year in a Myanmar prison, his parents hope his nightmare will be brought to an end by the country's first election in a quarter of a century, stuff.co.nz, reported on 9 November.
Mr Blackwood was imprisoned in Insein Prison after being arrested on December 10 last year.
He was tried and sentenced to 2½ years of hard labour for religious crimes after posting an image of Buddha in headphones on Facebook to promote a cheap drinks night at the bar he managed.
Father Brian Blackwood said Prime Minister John Key stated nothing could be done until the Myanmar appeals process was exhausted. 
He said the judicial process to date has taken 11 months, the second appeal was heard about three weeks ago and the outcome of that appeal should be known within five weeks of the appeal hearing.
Blackwood hoped the elections might mean the end of Philip's incarceration, but he was not holding his breath, the report said.