Burma said to be freeing 4,000 political prisoners
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RANGOON, BURMA - Burma&#39;s military government has reportedly released a number of political prisoners as part of a wide-ranging amnesty for thousands of prisoners it said were improperly detained.
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Burma's military junta resumes prisoner releases, and says prominent inmate Win Tin is due for release.
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Myanmar's junta held nearly 1,200 political prisoners before a crackdown on Buddhist monk-led street protests last month, according to a report by the U.N.'s independent expert on human rights in Myanmar.
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YANGON, Myanmar -- One of Myanmar&#39;s best known and longest-imprisoned political dissidents has been freed as part of a general release of almost 4,000 prisoners by the country&#39;s ruling junta, a family member confirmed Saturday.
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YANGON, MYANMAR - The military government of Myanmar promised Thursday that it will release another 5,000 prisoners, including some people who have been jailed for political activity.
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YANGON, Myanmar  - Myanmar's junta freed at least  two dozen members of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's  political party Friday during a mass release of 4,000 people  detained "inappropriately" by the intelligence machine purged  last month.
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Burma YANGON -- Burma's military government will release almost 4,000 prisoners whose detentions were ruled irrelevant or improper, state-run media reported yesterday. There were no indications the releases include political prisoners, particularly Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who is held under house arrest. The announcement said 3,937 prisoners had been wrongly charged by the National Intelligence Bureau, an organization ...
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YANGON Hundreds of inmates were released from Myanmar&#39;s main prison Friday, witnesses said, a day after the military regime announced that it was expanding its prisoner release program to more than 9,000 people.
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Burma&#39;s military dictators have freed a top dissident - second only to democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi - after 16 years in jail.
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Burma&#39;s military government has announced the release of five-thousand detainees, in a third mass release in less than a month.
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Yangon: Myanmar&#39;s junta has freed the nation&#39;s number two political prisoner as part of a release of 4,000 inmates, as analysts questioned the gesture&#39;s potential impact on democratic reform in the military-ruled state.
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At least two Myanmar dissidents were among thousands of prisoners freed after the military government announced it had begun releasing more than 5,000 detainees in a third mass release in less than a month, relatives and officials said.
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BANGKOK: Myanmarâs military rulers freed about 500 prisoners from the notorious Insein Prison on Friday, witnesses said, but there was no immediate word on whether political detainees were among them.
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Angry Buddhist monks in central Myanmar have released five of the 20 hostages they seized at their monastery on Thursday in a tense confrontation with the nation&#39;s military government, residents said.
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Myanmar&#39;s military junta released at least 19 political prisoners on Friday, including members of the party led by the pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
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RANGOON, Burma -- Burma's military junta released at least 19 political prisoners yesterday, including members of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party who were among thousands of inmates whose detentions were ruled improper. Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate, remained under house arrest.
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Burma&#39;s military rulers will free 5,311 more prisoners after the government said earlier this month thousands of others would also be released, according to state media reports.