Saturday, July 07, 2012

Myanmar releases detained activists




YANGON - Authorities in Myanmar on Saturday released all of the student leaders detained in the country's biggest crackdown on activists since the dissolution of the junta, a government official said.


"The arrested student leaders were all released an hour ago," a government official said.


Prominent activists confirmed the release of the students, who were held ahead of the 50th anniversary of a brutal army suppression of a student protest in Yangon.-Interaksyon (July 07, 2012 9:42PM)

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