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Burma to announce prisoner amnesty - FT.com
How long before elections - 2 maybe 3 years? Will the Chinese port be complete by then?
Burma's state media has announced that the authoritarian government will release more than 6,000 prisoners as part of a widely-trailed amnesty, which could pave the way for an easing of international sanctions on the isolated country.
In recent weeks Burmese officials have raised hopes that they are preparing to free a significant number of the country's estimated 2,000 political prisoners, although no details on who is to be released have yet been revealed.
How long before elections - 2 maybe 3 years? Will the Chinese port be complete by then?
Burma's state media has announced that the authoritarian government will release more than 6,000 prisoners as part of a widely-trailed amnesty, which could pave the way for an easing of international sanctions on the isolated country.
In recent weeks Burmese officials have raised hopes that they are preparing to free a significant number of the country's estimated 2,000 political prisoners, although no details on who is to be released have yet been revealed.