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    For Gambira, another long-awaited release
    July 1, 2016in Human Rights, Lead Story, News61by ARKAR & LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    For Gambira, another long-awaited release

    The former monk Ashin Gambira, a leading figure in the 2007 Saffron Revolution, stepped out of prison today after serving what will hopefully be his last sentence.

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    Gambira released as trespassing charges dropped
    July 1, 2016in Human Rights, Lead Story, News10by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Gambira released as trespassing charges dropped

    Gambira, one of the leaders of the 2007 Saffron Revolution, has been released from prison today after charges against him for alleged offenses committed in 2012 are dropped.

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    More charges heaped on Gambira
    June 30, 2016in Lead Story, News, Protest132by ARKAR MIN
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    More charges heaped on Gambira

    “I am sad as all this is happening just when I was due to be released,” said Gambira, speaking at the Thanlyin township court on Thursday.

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    Gambira faces extended term in prison
    June 28, 2016in Lead Story, News, Protest53by DVB
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    Gambira faces extended term in prison

    The fresh charges against the former monk come just three days before his due date for release, after serving a six-month sentence on an immigration charge.

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    Veteran human rights defender sees major reforms ahead
    April 5, 2016in Human Rights, Lead Story, News146by BILL O'TOOLE / DVB
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    Veteran human rights defender sees major reforms ahead

    On 17 January, lawyer Robert Sann Aung was sitting in his office in downtown Rangoon listening to Voice of America‘s Burmese-language broadcast when he heard a report that Gambira, one…

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    Lacking support, Burma’s mental health patients suffer in silence
    March 21, 2016in Feature, Health, Lead Story395by CONNOR MACDONALD
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    Lacking support, Burma’s mental health patients suffer in silence

    Mental health patients—many of them victims of junta-era repression—suffer in silence due to cultural stigma and a lack of psychological health care.

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