Burma Detains Two More Dissident Figures
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RANGOON, Burma, Sept. 30 -- Burma's military junta detained two former dissident leaders on Saturday as part of a renewed crackdown on pro-democracy activists that followed anniversary celebrations of Aung San Suu Kyi's political party.
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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 says.
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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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BURMA&#39;S military junta is going ahead with its promised mass release of prisoners and a top dissident who was democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi&#39;s closest aide will be among them, a senior official said today.
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RANGOON, Burma - Burma's military junta accused detained prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's political party of inciting unrest and instigating Buddhist monks to take part in protests over price hikes, state media reported yesterday.
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Thirteen prominent pro-democracy activists arrested this week in military-ruled Myanmar are being interrogated and legal action will be taken against them, the junta's official newspaper reported on Saturday.
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Burma'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 on Saturday
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Burma&#39;s ruling military junta is facing renewed criticism after extending the house arrest of detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Indonesia has accused Burma of trying to avoid the issue of the ongoing detention of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Burma was asked at an Asia-Pacific summit this week to clarify media reports that
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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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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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Another Bangladesh ex-minister was arrested while 20 other high-profile political figures were remanded in custody as part of a major anti-corruption crackdown, officials said.
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YANGON - Myanmar (Burmese) Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt has been placed under âprotective custodyâ in what appears to be a purge of the countryâs much-feared Military Intelligence (MI), military sources said on Tuesday.
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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.
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Cuba&#39;s communist government freed two more dissidents on Tuesday including its most prominent jailed critic, poet and journalist Raul Rivero, after 18 months behind bars.
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Khaleda Zia today became the second former prime minister to be detained in an anti-corruption drive by Bangladesh's interim government.
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Burma's military junta acknowledged Wednesday that it detained nearly 3,000 people during a crackdown on recent pro-democracy protests, with hundreds still remaining in custody