Saturday, November 09, 2024
Advertisement
  1. You Are At:
  2. News
  3. World
  4. Myanmar releases 73 prisoners

Myanmar releases 73 prisoners

Yangon, July 24 : A total of 73 inmates, including 68 political prisoners, have been released from prisons in Myanmar under a fresh amnesty by the government.The prisoners were freed after President U Thein Sein

IANS Updated on: July 24, 2013 7:51 IST
myanmar releases 73 prisoners
myanmar releases 73 prisoners

Yangon, July 24 : A total of 73 inmates, including 68 political prisoners, have been released from prisons in Myanmar under a fresh amnesty by the government.




The prisoners were freed after President U Thein Sein returned from official visits to Britain and France, Xinhua reported.

The authorities had freed 23 prisoners in May.

So far, a total of 29,764 prisoners are estimated to have been pardoned since the new civilian government took office in March 2011.
Advertisement

Read all the Breaking News Live on indiatvnews.com and Get Latest English News & Updates from World