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    Poet to walk free, but not happy with verdict
    May 24, 2016in News, Protest85by REUTERS
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    Poet to walk free, but not happy with verdict

    The case highlights the limits of control that Suu Kyi’s government, elected in November on pledges of democratization, has over the government where the military plays an outsized political role.

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    Poet Maung Saungkha not among this week's released prisoners
    April 22, 2016in Human Rights, Lead Story, News121by DVB
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    Poet Maung Saungkha not among this week's released prisoners

    A dozen more prisoners were released this week, adding to the more than 200 freed since the NLD assumed power earlier this month.

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    January 6, 2014in Lead Story, News, Politics, Video1by DVB
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    Criminals walk free – activists remain behind bars

    More than 13,000 inmates have walked free from various prisons across Burma since the president declared an amnesty on 31 December in honour of the 66th anniversary of Burma’s independence.

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    January 3, 2014in Lead Story, News, Politics, Video0by DVB
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    I beg your pardon – amnesty for political prisoners?

    President Thein Sein promised amnesty to all political prisoners before the end of 2013, but three days into the new year, only a handful have actually been released. Khin Cho…

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    January 2, 2014in Lead Story, News, Politics, Video0by REUTERS
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    Will all Burma's political prisoners taste freedom?

    Burma released a handful of political prisoners on Tuesday after the government announced a year-end amnesty for those held in jail for political reasons.

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