(Yangon) Eleven HIV patients were released from a Myanmar hospital where they were confined for three days after participating in vigils for a detained AIDS activist, an opposition member said.
The 11 activists were taken to Waybargi Infectious Diseases Hospital on Tuesday by doctors from the government's National AIDS Program.
They had participated in prayer vigils at Buddhist pagodas in Yangon after the arrest of AIDS activist Phyu Phyu Thin, a member of the opposition National League for Democracy taken from her home by police on May 21 for unknown reasons.
Myanmar's military regime frowns on all displays of dissent, but is especially harsh on members of the NLD, led by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is in house arrest.
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