Myanmar: Release remaining prisoners of conscience

Headline Title: Myanmar: Release remaining prisoners of conscience 04 July 2012 The Myanmar authorities should immediately and unconditionally free all prisoners of conscience, Amnesty International said as 80 inmates, including some 24 political prisoners and 34 foreigners, were released from prison on Tuesday.Among the 80 released on “humanitarian grounds” were three members of the National League for Democracy (NLD), Myanmar’s leading opposition party, but the largest group is affiliated with All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF), an armed group of students formed after the…

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