Myanmar junta amnesty

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02 August 2023
Myanmar junta releases more than 7000 prisoners to mark Buddhist Lent
(FILE) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a press conference after receiving the Sakharov Prize for Freedom at the European Parliament in Strasbourg France, 22 October 2013. Photo: EPA
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01 August 2023
Myanmar junta accused of ‘cruel game’ as it cuts...
Myanmar’s brutal military junta is being hit by serious criticism after it announced...
(FILE) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a press conference in Oslo, Norway, 15 June 2012. Photo: EPA
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01 August 2023
Pardoned but not freed: Aung San Suu Kyi and Win...
Uncertainty surrounds the position and status of Myanmar’s incarcerated civilian leader...
(FILE) - Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (R) and Win Myint (L) Chairman of the Pyithu Hluttaw (Myanmar Lower House of Parliament) attend a ceremony held to mark the 7th anniversary of Parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 01 February 2018. Photo: EPA
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01 August 2023
Aung San Suu Kyi, Win Myint ‘pardoned’ and over 7...
Myanmar military media have announced a Myanmar junta amnesty for Aung San Suu Kyi,...
An aerial view of Insein prison in Yangon. Photo: EPA
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07 January 2023
Journalists released in Myanmar Independence Day...
Local reports indicate at least nine journalists were released this week in a junta...
(File) Staff members of Myanmar correctional department close the main entrance of Insein prison before the release of detainees in Yangon, Myanmar, 19 October 2021. Photo: EPA
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07 January 2023
Myanmar mass pardons included 300 political...
Among more than 7,000 prisoners granted amnesty by Myanmar's junta this week were about...
Myanmar philanthropist and writer Than Myint Aung (L) is with her relatives and friends after her release from Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, 04 January 2023. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
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06 January 2023
Former govt minister, writers amongst those...
Several notable personalities were released in the prison amnesty on 4 January to mark...