Political Prisoners Freed

Myanmar's military government has freed hundreds of political prisoners from the notorious Insein prison, including Aung San Suu Kyi's party spokesman and a famous comedian Zarganar.

Iran has temporarily freed about 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners, in response to the coronavirus epidemic, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday.

Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference leader Sajjad Lone and Peoples Democratic Party youth president Waheed Parra were released after six months on Wednesday, as the period for which political prisoners could be legally detained ended. Officials said both the politicians were placed under house arrest immediately after their release from the makes...

More than 100 political prisoners in Myanmar have been freed under an amnesty ordered by the country's new de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, as her first official act.

A Myanmar court today freed dozens of jailed students, in the first wave of detainee releases after Aung San Suu Kyi pledged to make releasing activists and political prisoners the first priority of her new government.

Uzbekistan today freed one of its longest-serving political prisoners, a local human rights group said, shortly after US Secretary of State John Kerry visited the country.

Masarat Alam, leader of the hardline-faction of Hurriyat, who had allegedly spearheaded the stone-pelting agitations in the Kashmir valley in 2008 and 2010, has been released from prison following the new government's policy of freeing political prisoners who do not face criminal charges.

At an emotional press conference barely two days after he was freed from a Russian jail, Mikhail Khodorkovsky vowed on Sunday to do all he can to ensure the release of other political prisoners in Russia.

Myanmar on Wednesday freed 44 political detainees, a presidential adviser said, the latest in a series of prisoner amnesties by the country's reformist regime.

Myanmar President Thein Sein said on Monday that all political prisoners would be freed by the end of the year and that a ceasefire with ethnic groups was possible within weeks.

About 60 political prisoners have been freed in Myanmar, a member of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) told AFP Tuesday, after the government announced a widespread pardon for hundreds of inmates.

The Myanmar government has granted a general amnesty to 80 prisoners, including 34 foreigners, who will be freed starting on Tuesday, according to an order of President U Thein Sein. The amnesty order is made out of consideration of ensuring stability, making eternal peace, national reconciliation of the country and enabling all to participate in ...

Myanmar freed some of its most famous political inmates on Friday, sparking jubilation outside prison gates while signaling its readiness to meet Western demands for lifting economic sanctions.

Myanmar's military government has freed hundreds of political prisoners from the notorious Insein prison, including Aung San Suu Kyi's party spokesman and a famous comedian Zarganar.

Iran has temporarily freed about 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners, in response to the coronavirus epidemic, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday.

Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference leader Sajjad Lone and Peoples Democratic Party youth president Waheed Parra were released after six months on Wednesday, as the period for which political prisoners could be legally detained ended. Officials said both the politicians were placed under house arrest immediately after their release from the makes...

More than 100 political prisoners in Myanmar have been freed under an amnesty ordered by the country's new de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, as her first official act.

A Myanmar court today freed dozens of jailed students, in the first wave of detainee releases after Aung San Suu Kyi pledged to make releasing activists and political prisoners the first priority of her new government.

Uzbekistan today freed one of its longest-serving political prisoners, a local human rights group said, shortly after US Secretary of State John Kerry visited the country.

Masarat Alam, leader of the hardline-faction of Hurriyat, who had allegedly spearheaded the stone-pelting agitations in the Kashmir valley in 2008 and 2010, has been released from prison following the new government's policy of freeing political prisoners who do not face criminal charges.

At an emotional press conference barely two days after he was freed from a Russian jail, Mikhail Khodorkovsky vowed on Sunday to do all he can to ensure the release of other political prisoners in Russia.

Myanmar on Wednesday freed 44 political detainees, a presidential adviser said, the latest in a series of prisoner amnesties by the country's reformist regime.

Myanmar President Thein Sein said on Monday that all political prisoners would be freed by the end of the year and that a ceasefire with ethnic groups was possible within weeks.

About 60 political prisoners have been freed in Myanmar, a member of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) told AFP Tuesday, after the government announced a widespread pardon for hundreds of inmates.

The Myanmar government has granted a general amnesty to 80 prisoners, including 34 foreigners, who will be freed starting on Tuesday, according to an order of President U Thein Sein. The amnesty order is made out of consideration of ensuring stability, making eternal peace, national reconciliation of the country and enabling all to participate in ...

Myanmar freed some of its most famous political inmates on Friday, sparking jubilation outside prison gates while signaling its readiness to meet Western demands for lifting economic sanctions.