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