Rights group highlights death risk of Myanmar's political prisoners
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An Asian human rights group said it had documented the deaths of 127 democracy activists in custody in Myanmar and warned that more than 1,000 political prisoners risked the same fate.
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A Kenyan human rights group says the death of 56 inmates at a prison this year amounts to a "national disaster".
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Some of the world's top artistes and musicians have banded together to push for the freedom of Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, activists said as US legislators considered seeking UN Security Council action against the military regime in Yangon.
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BANGKOK, Thailand - One of the few unchallenged accomplishments of Myanmar&#39;s military junta - securing peace with the country&#39;s armed ethnic rebel groups - may be in jeopardy after Prime Minister Gen.
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KATHMANDU: Human rights activists in insurgency-racked Nepal face ever-growing threats ranging from abduction to death from security forces and Maoist rebels, three major international human rights groups said on Sunday.
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Myanmar's military government has freed all but one of 52 people detained for holding prayer vigils for the release of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, her National League for Democracy (NLD) party said on Thursday.
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The military leaders in Myanmar have decided to release about 4,000 prisoners the leaders admit were wrongly imprisoned. The media in the repressive state, formerly called
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Two prominent pro-democracy leaders were among hundreds of prisoners released from a Myanmar prison Sunday as part of a broad amnesty granted by the country's ruling junta, the prisoners and family members said.
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The U.N. Security Council urged Myanmar's military government on Wednesday to exercise restraint toward peaceful protesters and expressed concern at its violent response to demonstrations in the reclusive Asian nation.
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A top U.N. rights envoy condemned on  Wednesday the arrest and jailing of opposition activists in  military-ruled Myanmar and said he had received credible  reports of rights violations in border areas.
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BANGKOKâThe extension of the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyiâs detention allows Myanmarâs military regime to press ahead with its proclaimed democracy program
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Human rights groups use Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday to call for her release.
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An international rights group said it  knows of more prisoners dying in U.S. military custody in  Afghanistan, and Washington's failure to hold anyone  accountable had created a culture of impunity.
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YANGON  - The 9,248 Myanmar jail inmates promised freedom under the military regime&#39;s mass release programme will soon be out but with only 40 dissidents among them, according to the opposition and a senior prison official.
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Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is unsatisfied with the progress of her meetings with a representative of Myanmar's military junta and cautions the public to "hope for the best and prepare for the worst," a member of her political party said Wednesday.
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The U.N. Human Rights Council told  Myanmar on Friday to prosecute those who committed abuses  during a crackdown on peaceful monk-led protests and free Nobel  laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners.
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YANGON, Myanmar  - Two prominent pro-democracy leaders were among hundreds of prisoners released from a Myanmar prison on Sunday as part of a broad amnesty granted by the country's ruling military junta.