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Sydney, Australia, Nov 18 (EFE).- Sean Turnell, an Australian economist and former advisor to deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has arrived in Melbourne following his release from prison as part of a mass amnesty, his wife confirmed Friday. “He’s here,” Hu Vu wrote in a message on Facebook alongside a photo with Turnell, …
Relieved friends and supporters greeted Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Nov. 18, a day after he was released from prison in Myanmar.
The four, including an Australian economist and a former UK ambassador, were among thousands detained after the coup.
Some pundits would have us believe that Thursday’s amnesty is a sign the regime can be reasoned with. Let’s not drink the junta’s Kool-Aid.
Myanmar's military government released Australian economist Sean Turnell from prison, more than 21 months after he was arrested after the army ousted an elected government last year. A Myanmar military statement said Turnell and three other foreigners were being released as an act of "goodwill between countries" and as part of a broader amnesty for…