British Activist Freed From Prison
From Times Wire Reports
British human rights activist James Mawdsley was freed after nearly 14 months in solitary confinement in Myanmar on charges of immigration offenses and violating a publications law by handing out pro-democracy leaflets. Mawdsley, 27, had served 415 days of a 17-year sentence. At the Bangkok, Thailand, airport, Mawdsley urged world leaders to press for democracy in military-ruled Myanmar, formerly Burma.
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