The New Light of Myanmar reported on Tuesday that the government granted amnesty to 8,585 prisoners from November 16 to December 3 to mark the successful conclusion of their National Convention. Among those released, 33 were Thai prisoners. only about 20 political prisoners . There are 1,158 political prisoners still being detained in Burmese prisons.
It is just the military government showing that it is cooperating with the United Nations and human rights groups by releasing these prisoners,”. The release of prisoners was no more than an annually staged show for the benefit of the international community to prove that the junta was lenient with prisoners.
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