Prisoners Freed in Burma

(23 Sep 08 - RV) Burma’s military government is releasing 9,002 prisoners today as a gesture of “loving kindness and goodwill”. The release came ahead of the one-year anniversary of the junta's deadly Sept. 26-27, 2007, crackdown on anti-government protests that were led by Buddhist monks. The Director of Burma Campaign UK, Mark Farmaner, told Kelsea Brennan-Wessels that the timing of the amnesty is not related to the anniversary...