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Myanmar Announces Amnesty For 7,114 Prisoners

AP | Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact

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YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's junta has granted amnesty to 7,114 convicts at prisons across the country, but it was not immediately known if they ...

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Bargaining Burma's Political Prisoners

David Scott Mathieson | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

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David Scott Mathieson

Recent amnesties in Burma have been little more than public relations stunts. In September 2008, 9,000 prisoners were released, but only six of them were political activists.

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