The Burmese government will release more than 200 remaining political prisoners in keeping with a promise President Thein Sein made during a visit to Europe earlier this year.
Burma’s Committee for Scrutinizing Remaining Prisoners of Conscience is to submit a list recommending the release of 82 political prisoners and charges dropped against more than 200 persons who were detained under Section 18.
Dec 24, 2007 (DVB), Three people currently being held in Insein prison have been put in solitary confinement for staging a hunger strike, according to a family member of one[…]
Nov 2, 2007 (DVB), The International Committee of the Red Cross has officially asked the Burmese government for access to all detainees in the country, particularly those arrested in the[…]
