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    No Political Prisoners Released in Rakhine State during Junta Amnesty
    January 6, 2023in News Reports, Video0by English Editor
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    No Political Prisoners Released in Rakhine State during Junta Amnesty

    The junta released 7,012 prisoners to mark Burma’s 75th Independence Day on Jan. 4. A total of 308 prisoners were released from prisons in Rakhine state. No political prisoners were…

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    Journalists released in junta’s Independence Day amnesty
    January 6, 2023in Breaking, Briefing, Daily Briefing, News Briefing0by English Editor
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    Journalists released in junta’s Independence Day amnesty

    FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Journalists freed in junta’s Independence Day amnesty Several journalists were released on Jan. 4, including Thuzar (freelance); Lway M Phaung, (Shwe Phee Myay News Agency); Pyae…

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    Burma has fallen short on political prisoners, say rights groups
    January 25, 2016in Lead Story, News, Politics357by REUTERS
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    Burma has fallen short on political prisoners, say rights groups

    Burma freed 101 political prisoners last week, bringing the number of political detainees released by Thein Sein to more than 1,200 under his reign.

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    BREAKING: Burma pardons 155 Chinese loggers
    July 30, 2015in Lead Story, Logging, News, Politics120by DVB
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    BREAKING: Burma pardons 155 Chinese loggers

    Burma’s President Thein Sein has granted amnesty to 6,966 prisoners, including 155 Chinese loggers sentenced last week to life imprisonment,

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    Burma 'seems headed in the wrong direction' – UN
    February 26, 2015in Human Rights, Lead Story, News, Peace Process250by WENYING SEAH
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    Burma 'seems headed in the wrong direction' – UN

    The United Nations and Amnesty International have warned that Burma is backsliding on its commitment to human rights.

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    Wanbao slams Amnesty report as ‘groundless, sensationalist’
    February 11, 2015in Human Rights, Latpadaung, Lead Story, News104by WENYING SEAH
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    Wanbao slams Amnesty report as ‘groundless, sensationalist’

    Myanmar Wanbao has dismissed Amnesty International’s accusations that it colluded in a series of human rights abuses directed against protestors at the Latpadaung copper mine site in Sagaing Division.

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