British Activist Freed From Prison
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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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