Myanmar junta to release nearly 4,000 prisoners
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Myanmar's military government announced it had begun releasing thousands of prisoners who may have been wrongly imprisoned by a recently disbanded military intelligence unit.
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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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BANGKOK - The authorities in Burma, apparently bowing to bad publicity, released a political prisoner yesterday whose leg was broken when he was arrested in the recent outbreak of antigovernment protests. His case had gained international attention when fellow prisoners staged a hunger strike calling for his freedom.
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Myanmar's junta has freed 87 more people arrested during last month's crackdown, including more than 50 members of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), party spokesman Nyan Win said.
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YANGON : Myanmar&#39;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&#39;s power struggle.
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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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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&#39;s ruling junta, the prisoners and family members said.
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Myanmar&#39;s military government has begun to release nearly 4,000 prisoners, including some political detainees, arrested &quot;inappropriately&quot; by the dissolved National Intelligence Bureau led by purged prime minister Khin Nyunt.
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Burma's ruling junta frees about 500 more prisoners, and says it will release veteran dissident Win Tin.
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YANGON : At least two Myanmar dissidents were among thousands of prisoners being 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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ISN SECURITY WATCH (19/11/04) - The Military government of Myanmar (also known as Burma) is reportedly releasing some 3â937 prisoners âinappropriately jailedâ by the dissolved National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) led by the ousted prime minister
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Yangon - Three truckloads of inmates rolled out of Myanmar&#39;s main jail on Friday, a day after the military regime announced it was expanding its prisoner release programme to more than 9 000 people, a correspondent saw.
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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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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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Myanmar&#39;s military rulers will free 5,311 more prisoners, state media has reported, after the government said earlier this month thousands of others would also be released.
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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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Myanmar&#39;s military junta released at least 19 political prisoners Friday as part of a group of nearly 4,000 prisoners it said were wrongly charged by an intelligence agency.