¡¡¡¡YANGON, February 28 (Xinhuanet) -- The Myanmar government has granted amnesty to 68 detainees by releasing them since February 22 this year until Thursday on humanitarian grounds, according to an official Information Sheet reaching here Thursday evening.

¡¡¡¡The detainees included 57 females with young children and 11 mothers-to-be detained for various criminal activities, the information sheet said.

¡¡¡¡They were released from "various correctional facilities", it added.

¡¡¡¡Meanwhile, the government is also releasing political prisonersin the country and the number of the detainees of the opposition National League for Democracy and its related individuals freed since January 2001 has been brought to 222. Enditem

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