YANGON, March 8 (Xinhuanet)-- The Myanmar government Friday
released 20 female detainees on humanitarian grounds, according to
an official Information Sheet reaching here.
   All of the detainees, who are either pregnant or with young
children and were incarcerated for various criminal activities,
were freed from various "correctional facilities," the information
sheet said.
   The release was another batch in a series since the government
granted amnesty to criminal offenders by releasing 68 of them
since February 22 this year and the number of such release on
humanitarian grounds has been brought to 195.
   In February this year, United Nations Human Rights envoy to
Myanmar, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, visited the country for 10 days
and three days after the end of his trip, the Myanmar government
started releasing criminal offenders on humanitarian grounds.
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