Myanmar Releases Over 6,000 Prisoners to Mark its Independence Day
Hindustan Times Jammu|January 05, 2025
Myanmar's military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates' sentences as part of a mass amnesty marking the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain on Saturday.
Associated Press

BANGKOK:

They included just a small proportion of hundreds of political detainees jailed for opposing army rule since the military seized power in February 2021 from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

That takeover was met with massive nonviolent resistance, which has since become a widespread armed struggle.

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