Myanmar junta pardons 3,000 prisoners to mark Buddhist New Year

Myanmar junta to free 3,000 prisoners in Buddhist New Year amnesty

Myanmar‘s junta on Monday began releasing more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the Buddhist New Year, without specifying whether those jailed in its bloody crackdown on dissent would be freed. The military has arrested thousands since its coup more than two years ago, which plunged the country into turmoil and sparked widespread clashes with anti-coup fighters. Prisoners released on ‘humanitarian grounds’ Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing “pardoned 3,015…

Myanmar junta to free 3,000 prisoners in Buddhist New Year amnesty

Around 100 people gathered outside Insein prison in commercial hub Yangon after the announcement, hoping their friends and loved ones would be included in the amnesty

Myanmar army rulers free 3,000 prisoners in holiday gesture

Myanmar's military government on Monday granted amnesty to more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the traditional lunar New Year holiday, but it wasn't immediately clear if those released included the thousands of political detainees locked up for opposing army rule.

Myanmar junta frees over 3,000 prisoners

BANGKOK: Myanmar's military government on Monday granted amnesty to more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the Buddhist New Year, but it wasn't immediately clear if those released included the thousands of political detainees locked up for opposing army rule.State-run MRTV television reported that the State Administration Council, the ruling body created by the military after it seized power more than two years ago, had pardoned 3,113 prisoners, incl…

Myanmar Army Rulers Free 3,000 Prisoners in Holiday Gesture

Some 17,460 political detainees, including Myanmar’s former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, were in detention as of last Wednesday

Junta in Myanmar announces mass amnesty for 3,000 prisoners

On the Buddhist New Year, the military junta in Myanmar has announced that it will pardon more than 3,000 detainees. It is unclear whether political prisoners will also benefit from the amnesty. more Read the report at www.tagesschau.de