Burma releases several high-profile prisoners
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Burma has released a number of its high-profile dissidents following an announcement on state TV that there would be a presidential pardon for 651 prisoners.
Among those freed are veterans of the 1988 student protest movement Min Ko Naing and Nilar Thein and senior political representative of the Shan, U Khun Tun Oo. Former Prime Minister Khin Nyunt has also been freed from house arrest.
It is not known how many political prisoners remain in Burma’s jails but it is hoped that the current amnesty will result in all of them being released.
National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is reported to have greeted the latest releases as a ‘positive sign.’
However, Sithu Zeya – a freed journalist who worked on exiled broadcaster Democratic Voice of Burma – was cautious in his response to getting out of prison. “I have been released with a rope around my neck,” he said, in reference to the fact that charges against him have not been dropped.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16540871
Among those freed are veterans of the 1988 student protest movement Min Ko Naing and Nilar Thein and senior political representative of the Shan, U Khun Tun Oo. Former Prime Minister Khin Nyunt has also been freed from house arrest.
It is not known how many political prisoners remain in Burma’s jails but it is hoped that the current amnesty will result in all of them being released.
National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is reported to have greeted the latest releases as a ‘positive sign.’
However, Sithu Zeya – a freed journalist who worked on exiled broadcaster Democratic Voice of Burma – was cautious in his response to getting out of prison. “I have been released with a rope around my neck,” he said, in reference to the fact that charges against him have not been dropped.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16540871
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theknopfknows
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LIKE HE SAID THEY GIVE YOU ENOUGH ROPE TO HANG YOURSELF LIKE COMMUNIST CHINA GIVES USA ENOUGH ROPE=MONEY TO HANG YOURSELF:USA
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theknopfknows
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artemis6
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Good news !
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artemis6
