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| Subject: Cheap PR stunt: Burma slave pen frees 3073 political prisoners weeks before south-east Asia summit Tue Oct 07, 2014 7:44 pm | |
| Myanmar has freed more than 3000 prisoners four weeks before a south-east Asia summit that will be attended by international and regional leaders including US President Barack Obama.
Among those released were prisoners of conscience and former military intelligence officers, including associates of former prime minister Khin Nyunt, who was freed from house arrest under a similar amnesty in 2012.
Mynamar, which is also called Burma, has boosted its reformist credentials in the past by releasing political prisoners, often shortly before diplomatic meetings and summits.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/myanmar-frees-3073-political-prisoners-weeks-before-southeast-asia-summit-20141008-10rm7r.html#ixzz3FVQFnB00 |
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