More than 2,000 Myanmar anti-coup protesters have been released from jail by the junta

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Myanmar authorities have released more than 2,000 anti-coup protesters from prisons across the country, including local journalists jailed after reporting critically on the junta's bloody crackdown.
Myanmar has been rocked by massive protests and a brutal military response since the February coup that ousted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her government.
More than 880 civilians have been killed in a crackdown by the State Administration Council - as the junta calls itself - and almost 6,500 arrested, according to a local monitoring group.
Myanmar's deposed Leader Aung San Suu Kyi in December 2018.
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After authorities announced the release, a crowd of at least 200 people gathered outside the colonial-era Insein prison in Yangon hoping a loved one might be released.

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