Myanmar releases prisoners on Buddhist holiday

Myanmar releases prisoners on Buddhist holiday

Crowds gathered Tuesday outside the gates of a prison in Yangon to welcome inmates who were released in a clemency connected to a religious holiday in Buddhist-majority Myanmar. (August 1)

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Crowds gathered Tuesday outside the gates of a prison in Yangon to welcome inmates who were released in a clemency connected to a religious holiday in Buddhist-majority Myanmar.Outside Insein Prison, newly released prisoners were greeted by cheers and shouts as buses left the gates with people holding up sheets of paper, bearing the name of their loved ones. (AP)