Burma frees dozens of political prisoners
10/10/11 22:06 Abgelegt in: News: Myanmar-Birma
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A popular comedian and dissident, Zarganar, was among the first to be freed. Some monks and a journalist were also released.
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi welcomed the amnesty.
But Nyan Win of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) told the BBC that a prisoner release was not all that was needed.
"The release of political prisoners is just one of the barometers of the government's seriousness about a change to democracy," he said.
"There should be other developments like media freedom, and the relaxation of censorship among other things."