Prominent Dissident Released in Myanmar
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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 granted by the country&#39;s ruling junta, a family member confirmed Saturday.
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Myanmar announced it would release another 5,000 prisoners and a senior official said on Thursday a top dissident who was democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi&#39;s closest aide will also be free before long.
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BANGKOK, Thailand: Myanmar&#39;s secretive military regime has forced out its prime minister, the long-powerful Gen. Khin Nyunt, and placed him under house arrest on corruption charges, a government spokesman in neighboring Thailand said Tuesday.
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Burma's military leaders release nearly 4,000 prisoners ruled to have been jailed using "irregular" means.
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A political prisoner who was jailed for 15 years on charges of terrorism in Moldova's separatist state of Trans-Dniester was released Saturday after serving his term.
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Myanmar's ruling junta has freed its  second most prominent political prisoner, leader of the 1988  student democracy protests Min Ko Naing, in a move analysts  said could be a major step toward political reform.
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Myanmar&#39;s ruling military junta announced Saturday that more than 5,000 prisoners have had their sentences suspended and will be freed from various prisons around the
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Myanmar&#39;s junta freed at least two dozen members of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi&#39;s political party on Friday during a mass release of 4,000 people detained &quot;inappropriately
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Several members of Burma's opposition NLD are freed from jail in a move linked to a  power struggle in the military.
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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.
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Myanmar&#39;s military government says it has released thousands of people from jail as promised, but there appeared few political prisoners among those emerging from Yangon&#39;s notorious Insein prison.
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RANGOON, Burma, Nov. 25 -- 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's closest aide would also be freed before long.
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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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Myanmar's ruling generals have freed  their second most prominent political prisoner, Min Ko Naing,  leader of the 1988 student democracy protests, a source close  to his family said Saturday.
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YANGON: All 9,248 Myanmar prison inmates promised freedom under the military government&#39;s mass release programme have been let out of jail, said a prison department source on Saturday.
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YANGON : Myanmar&#39;s military government has freed the country&#39;s second most prominent political prisoner, student democracy leader Min Ko Naing, an opposition party spokesman told AFP.
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YANGON  - Myanmar has completed its mass release of more than 9,000 inmates, a prison department source said, following a shake-up in the military-run regime.