Myanmar - 20 Political Prisoners Granted Amnesties - NYTimes.com Myanmar's government granted amnesties for at least 20 political prisoners on Tuesday, but the opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi called for the release of hundreds more. U Zaw Thet Htwe, who monitors prisoner releases for the opposition, said more than 20 of 46 detainees granted amnesties by President Thein Sein were prisoners of conscience, and he was able to confirm that 14 had actually been freed. The office of 88 Generation Students, a group that led a failed uprising in 1988, put the number of political prisoners to be freed at 24.