Myanmar likely to free "prisoners of conscience"

YANGON (Reuters) - Reclusive Myanmar is expected to release a number of political detainees on Wednesday under an amnesty for thousands of prisoners announced after the national human rights commission urged the president to free "prisoners of conscience".<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/192e0377/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Myanmar+likely+to+free+%22prisoners+of+conscience%22&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F11%2Fuk-myanmar-prisoners-idUKTRE79A0AS20111011%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Myanmar+likely+to+free+%22prisoners+of+conscience%22&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F11%2Fuk-myanmar-prisoners-idUKTRE79A0AS20111011%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/115635105523/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/192e0377/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/115635105523/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/192e0377/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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