Myanmar frees activist lawyer amid ILO pressure
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Myanmar, under pressure from the International Labor Organization (ILO) to end forced labor, has freed an activist lawyer jailed last year after exposing abuses, an official has said.
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A top U.S. official pressed senior representatives of Myanmar's military regime to free imprisoned Nobel laureate and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a rare meeting, the State Department said Thursday.
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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 democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been told by police she is being held under house arrest under a law which allows for such detention for up to a year, an opposition spokesman said Monday.
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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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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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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken on Thursday from the villa where she has been held for the last four years to a state guesthouse where she has previously met foreign diplomats, diplomatic sources said.
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Myanmar&#39;s second most prominent political prisoner, Min Ko Naing, leader of the 1988 student democracy protests, has been freed by the ruling generals, a source close to his family said early on Saturday.
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Myanmar's military junta has charged 10 activists detained during last year's fuel protests, including top dissident Min Ko Naing, and they could face up to seven years in prison, legal sources said on Tuesday.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - Myanmar&#39;s secretive military regime has forced out its prime minister and placed him under house arrest, a move that could be seen as a victory for conservatives.
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Myanmar's military junta has freed an 82-year-old member of the opposition National League for Democracy who was sentenced to five years in jail for joining protests against the regime last month.
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YANGON, Myanmar  - Myanmar police have told  democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi she is being held under house  arrest under a law which allows for such detention for up to a  year, an opposition spokesman said Monday.
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Pakistani authorities on Thursday temporarily released from detention a prominent opposition lawyer, who this year spearheaded a campaign against President Pervez Musharraf, the lawyer's son said.
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A Chinese activist whose writings frequently criticized the ruling Communist Party was released Tuesday after being detained by police, in what appears to be the latest in the government's ongoing efforts to tighten control over public dissent.
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Two senior pro-democracy leaders jailed in 1995 for distributing anti-government pamphlets were freed in military-ruled Myanmar on Sunday, part of the junta's latest release of more than 5,000 prisoners.
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Military-ruled Myanmar has released at least 11 dissidents among more than 5,000 prisoners freed in its latest mass release, opposition parties and officials said.
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Myanmar's junta freed at least two dozen members of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's political party on Friday during a mass release of 4,000 people detained "inappropriately" by the intelligence machine purged last month.