The military government of Myanmar announced that it will release 5,774 prisoners, four of them from other countries. The release marks a step toward justice, but there are still thousands of people imprisoned in Myanmar on political charges.
’88 student leader Ko Mya Aye, NLD spokesperson Dr. Myo Nyunt, writer Maung Tha Cho, monk Shwe Nyawa Sayadaw and ex-NLD minister U Kyaw Tint Swe were among those freed.
BANGKOK A former British envoy, an Australian economic adviser and a Japanese journalist arrived in Thailand late Thursday after being freed by Myanmar’s junta in an amnesty releasing almost 6,000 prisoners.Since a military coup last year, Myanmar has seen a bloody crackdown on dissent in which thousands of people have been jailed.Former British ambassador Vicky Bowman,
BANGKOK Myanmar s military-controlled government released an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker, an ex-British diplomat and an American on Thursday as part of a broad prisoner amnesty that also freed