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BANGKOK — A former British envoy, an Australian economic adviser and a Japanese journalist arrived in Thailand late Thursday after being freed by Myanmar’s junta in an amnesty releasing almost 6,000 prisoners.Since a military coup last year, Myanmar has seen a bloody crackdown on dissent in which thousands of people have been jailed.Former British ambassador Vicky Bowman,
Canberra, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong welcomed the release in Myanmar of Sean Turnell, an Australian economist, under an amnesty from the military junta.
The United States welcomes Myanmars release a US citizen and other prisoners but believes it is too soon to conclude that the juntas intentions have changed, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday
YANGON (AFP) – Myanmar’s military said yesterday it will release almost 6,000 prisoners, including a former British ambassador, a Japanese journalist and an Australian economics adviser, in a rare olive branch from the isolated junta. The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since the military’s coup last year and a bloody crackdown on dissent […]
BANGKOK -- Myanmar's military-controlled government released an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker, an ex-British diplomat and an American on Thursday as part of a broad prisoner amnesty that also freed