In September, Ms Bowman and her husband were sentenced to a year in prison for 'failing to register as living at a different address'
The UK's former ambassador to Myanmar Vicky Bowman, who was jailed for allegedly breaching immigration laws, has been released.
Ms Bowman and her husband, Burmese artist Htein Lin, were among a number of prisoners released"under amnesty" to mark the country's National Victory Day. In September, the pair were sentenced to a year in prison for"failing to register as living at a different address" - a violation of the country's Immigration Act.between 2002 and 2006 and has more than three decades' experience in the country., she was running an organisation that promotes ethical business practices in Myanmar.
According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a rights monitoring organisation, 16,232 people have been detained on political charges in Myanmar since the army ousted the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February last year.
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