YANGON, March 13 (Xinhuanet)-- The Myanmar government Wednesday
released 25 more 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 "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 and the number of such release on humanitarian
grounds has been brought to 220.
   In February, 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.    
   Meanwhile, the Myanmar government is also setting free members
of the opposition National League for Democracy and so far the
total number of the freed party members and its activists since
January 2001 has been brought to 232.  Enditem