Daily Press Briefings : Daily Press Briefing: October 7, 2014 10/07/2014 04:28 PM EDT Jen Psaki Spokesperson Daily Press Briefing Washington, DC QUESTION: Two very quick one. MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm. QUESTION: One on Burma or Myanmar -- MS. PSAKI: Sure. QUESTION: -- depending on who is speaking. They have decided to free 3,000 prisoners including former intelligence, military figures. Is it a good thing? Is it a sign of goodwill before the visit of President Obama in November? MS. PSAKI: Well, we welcome reports that the Government of Burma has released a number of prisoners during – on amnesty – with amnesty, I should say, today. We don’t have all of the details yet on those who have been released. We urge the government to continue to work expeditiously through the political prisoner review committee to release all political prisoners unconditionally and to remove conditions placed on those already released. So since reform has passed – or began, I should say – approximately 1,300 political prisoners have been freed. While most recognized political prisoners have been released, an estimated 30 to 40 more remain incarcerated, and the presidential – I should say the political prisoner review committee was established in 2013 to discuss this, and certainly, we’re encouraging them to continue to move forward.
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