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Myanmar to free more than 6,300 prisoners – Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-myanmar-prisoners-20111012,0,7704676.story By Mark Magnier and Simon Roughneen, Reporting from Imphal, India, and Bangkok, Thailand— Myanmar announced plans Tuesday to...

Hope for dissidents behind bars? – South China Morning Post

http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=a59173cebca4c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&s=News&ss=Asia+%26+World BANGKOK – On Saturday, artist and former political prisoner Htein Lin opened a new exhibition in Bangkok, with...

“Prison is the only place where we can speak freely” – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18077 Sounding resolute and appearing in good spirits, Kyaw Zaw Lwin walked through Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday a free...

Electing to imprison – RTÉ World Report/ISN

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0228/worldreport.html http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&id=112923 Burma’s military junta frees one opposition figure as many others languish in prison, while setting up up...