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1. News - Asia - MYANMAR

   Activists wary of Myanmar president Thein Sein's bold amnesty pledge

   Posted Jul 17th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... is very weak. There are still arbitrary arrests and there is no fair trial," Bo Kyi added. I guarantee to you that by the end of this year there will be no prisoners of conscience in Myanmar ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1284280/activists-wary-myanmar-president-thein-seins-bold-amnesty-pledge
2. News - Asia - MYANMAR

   Myanmar frees around 70 political prisoners

   Posted Jul 23rd 2013, 04:42pm by Agence France-Presse in Yangon

   ... concern over new arrests in the country. “Even if we welcome this release, we are very concerned because of the new trials, they continue to send new [political prisoners] to jail,” said Bo Kyi ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1289186/myanmar-frees-around-70-political-prisoners
3. News - Asia - MYANMAR

   Myanmar frees dozens of political prisoners in amnesty

   Posted Apr 24th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... Agence France-Press in Yangon Myanmarfrees dozen sof political prisoners Myanmar yesterday pardoned dozens of political prisoners, activists said, a day after the European Union agreed to end almost all sanctions against the former pariah state. At least 59 political prisoners were included in the latest amnesty, Bo Kyi of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1221793/myanmar-frees-dozens-political-prisoners-amnesty
4. News - Asia - MYANMAR

   Myanmar pardons 500 prisoners, dissidents in latest amnesty

   Posted Sep 17th 2012, 09:32pm by Reuters in Yangon

   ... Prisoners (AAPP), a Thai-based group that tracks prisoners in Myanmar, also known as Burma. Contacted by Reuters, Bo Kyi, secretary-general of the AAPP, said political prisoners were among those who ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1039277/myanmar-pardons-500-prisoners-dissidents-latest-amnesty