Burma says 20,000 prisoners released
- Published: 13/09/2011 at 10:37 PM
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Burma has released about 20,000 prisoners this year under an amnesty programme, the country's foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Myanmar prisoners walk out from the main gates of Insein Central prison in Yangon on May 17, 2011. Myanmar has released about 20,000 prisoners this year under an amnesty programme, the country's foreign minister said.
"Approximately 20,000 inmates from prisons and labour camps were released until the end of July 2011" under a amnesty order issued by President Thein Sein in May, Wunna Maung Lwin told the UN Human Rights Council.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
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