Brown calls for release of Myanmar prisoners
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown criticised Sunday the repression of demonstrations in Myanmar and called for the immediate release of all those who have been arrested.
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Gordon Brown calls for an urgent UN meeting on Burma, saying that "the whole world is now watching".
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Myanmar's mass release of nearly 4,000 prisoners has sparked faint hopes for political detainees including pro-democracy figures, but one observer it was aimed at easing international criticism over last month's power struggle.
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YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar&#39;s military government said Thursday that it will release 5,311 prisoners in addition to almost 4,000 whose planned release was announced last week.
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British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett voiced deep sadness Saturday at Myanmar&#39;s extension of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi&#39;s detention and called for all political prisoners to be released.
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Myanmar attempted to soothe UN concerns over the detention of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi after the world body's Secretary General Kofi Annan condemned the military regime over its claimed democracy drive.
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Britain on Friday urged a &quot;robust response&quot; to events in Myanmar, where protests by monks continued despite a clampdown earlier in the week, saying there must be &quot;positive change&quot; in the country.
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YANGON - Myanmar&#39;s junta will release an additional 5,070 prisoners, bringing the total number of prisoners to be released to 14,318, state media reported Saturday.
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The White House demanded that Myanmar military authorities "immediately and unconditionally" release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and condemned her extended house arrest.
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U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday demanded the immediate release of Myanmar activists and called on the ruling junta to stop "assaulting pro-democracy activists.
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The Myanmar authorities will release 5,070 more prisoners in the country for the third batch, the Myanma News Agency said Saturday night.
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First lady Laura Bush on Tuesday called for Myanmar's military rulers to release imprisoned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and urged the U.N. Security Council to issue a swift resolution condemning the junta.
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The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has renewed an appeal to Burma to free detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and all other political prisoners.
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The UN secretary general calls for Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be freed from house arrest.
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Comic actor Jim Carrey has made a video urging that Myanmar rights activist Aung   San Suu Kyi be freed soon.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for Myanmar&#39;s opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi to be released from house arrest.
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Burma announced Thursday that it would release more than 5,000 prisoners, and a senior official said a top dissident who was democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi&#39;s closest aide would also be freed before long.