24/08/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 21 August, the Portuguese Presidency of the EU took note 'of the decision of President Berdymoukhammedov (of Turkmenistan, Ed.) to grant an amnesty to 11 political prisoners sentenced in 2002 and regards this gesture as an attempt to promote national unity and respond to numerous appeals of civil society and the international community. The Presidency would also like to encourage the Turkmen authorities to release all political prisoners and human...