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All posts tagged amnesty

  • Burma’s Political Prisoners: They Are Free, but What About Us?
    by Ko Ko Thett / January 21, 2012

    January 13 was the third wholesale amnesty and commutation of sentences under the new government yet an estimated one thousand prisoners of conscience remain in Burmese jails.

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  • Burmese Government Begins Release of Political Prisoners
    by Sampsonia Way / October 12, 2011

    The release of political prisoners is part of an amnesty granted by the Burmese government. Observers estimate the number of political prisoners will be around 300.

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