Britain hails Myanmar prisoner release, but calls it 'small step'
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Britain welcomed the release of a senior opposition party figure by Myanmar's military government, but stressed that it was only a small step forward for the country.
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BURMA&#39;s military dictators have given the dissident democracy movement a rare pleasant surprise by unexpectedly releasing from prison the man thought to be a potential successor to Aung San Suu Kyi as a democracy leader.
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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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The Myanmar government released about 500 prisoners from the notorious Insein Prison Friday, witnesses said. There was no immediate word, however, on whether political detainees were among them.
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RANGOON - At least two dissidents are among thousands of prisoners being freed by the Myanmar military government in a third mass release in less than a month.
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Burma&#39;s military government appears to have resumed its promised release of prisoners after a delay of several days. Journalists in Rangoon Thursday said they saw inmates being freed from the country&#39;s largest jail, Insein prison.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 19  - The United States on Friday pronounced itself unimpressed by this week&#39;s mass release of nearly 4,000 prisoners from jails in military-run Myanmar and demanded immediate freedom for all political detainees, including opposition
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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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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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Britain on Saturday gave a guarded response to Myanmar's announcement that a referendum would be held on a new constitution in May before multi-party elections in 2010.
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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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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.
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The junta in Burma releases at least 70 people detained during recent protests, opposition party officials say.
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Burma&#39;s military junta has freed prominent political prisoners during a mass release of four thousand detainees. He is a high-profile aide to opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains under house arrest.
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Myanmar&#39;s military junta released at least 19 political prisoners on Friday, including members of the party led by the pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Burma&#39;s military government has announced it has begun freeing 5,070 more prisoners, taking the number earmarked for release since last month to more than 14,300.
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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&#39;s latest release of more than 5,000 prisoners.