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Friday, November 19, 1999 Published at 13:47 GMT=20


BBC-World: Asia-Pacific

ICRC visits twelve Burmese jails=20

The International Committee of the Red Cross says its workers have =
visited twelve prisons in Burma since the military authorities allowed =
the resumption of visits in May.=20
Its top official in Burma, Leon de Rietmatten, says about =
twenty-thousand prisoners have been seen, including some in the main =
Insein jail in the capital, Rangoon.=20

Mr Rietmatten told the BBC that, besides those arrested for crimes, =
eleven of the prisons contained a total of eight-hundred people he =
termed security prisoners.=20

The Red Cross is hoping to extend its visits to labour and prison camps. =
Analysts say the Red Cross visits are the results of decades of work and =
reflect the diplomatic skills of the international charity.=20

>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service



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