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New Delhi (Mizzima) – A total of 6,359 prisoners now being held across Burma will be released under a presidential amnesty on Wednesday, state-run television announced on Tuesday.
The government, which has never acknowledged that it has “political prisoners,” did not disclose how many political prisoners would be released under the amnesty.
According to the presidential amnesty, the prisoners include the elderly, prisoners in ill health, and prisoners who are handicapped.
Reports said that a number of high-profile political prisoners are expected to be released including the comedian Zarganar; General Say Htin, 75, a patron of the Shan State Army-North who is currently serving a 106-year term in Sittwe prison; and Htay Kywe, an 88 Generation Student leader.
The amnesty will be granted under section 204 (b) of the Constitution, which states: “The President has the power to grant amnesty in accord with the recommendation of the National Defence and Security Council.”
New Delhi (Mizzima) – A total of 6,359 prisoners now being held across Burma will be released under a presidential amnesty on Wednesday, state-run television announced on Tuesday.
The government, which has never acknowledged that it has “political prisoners,” did not disclose how many political prisoners would be released under the amnesty.
According to the presidential amnesty, the prisoners include the elderly, prisoners in ill health, and prisoners who are handicapped.
Reports said that a number of high-profile political prisoners are expected to be released including the comedian Zarganar; General Say Htin, 75, a patron of the Shan State Army-North who is currently serving a 106-year term in Sittwe prison; and Htay Kywe, an 88 Generation Student leader.
The amnesty will be granted under section 204 (b) of the Constitution, which states: “The President has the power to grant amnesty in accord with the recommendation of the National Defence and Security Council.”
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