Myanmar frees former UK ambassador amid mass prisoner release – the Guardian
Almost 6,000 people are being released from prison in Burma, including Britain’s former ambassador Vicky Bowman and her husband, and the activist Mya Aye, a leader of the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, reports the Guardian. That still leaves a record high of 13,000 political prisoners in detention. “Despite the record number of political prisoners, they barely …