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Backtracking on political prisoner commitment
After an initially positive response to international pressure, Thein Sein’s regime has reneged on its pledge on political prisoners.
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After an initially positive response to international pressure, Thein Sein’s regime has reneged on its pledge on political prisoners.
Forty-one political prisoners were released from various prisons across Burma on Wednesday in the latest of a series of amnesties by President Thein Sein’s government, according to presidential spokesman Ye Htut.