In Burma, the ruling junta announced, this Wednesday, May 3, the release of more than 2,100 political prisoners and the commutation of the sentence of 38 death row prisoners to life imprisonment, on the occasion of the most important Buddhist festival of the year, which marks the birth of Buddha. If the gesture is usual at every major holiday in the country, it is the first time that so many political prisoners have been released at the same time.
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Burma: the junta releases many political prisoners
