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Myanmar junta pardons more than 23,000 prisoners, unclear if activists included Issued on: 17/04/2021 - 19:43 Relatives wait for bus carrying prisoners to be released outside Insein Prison in Yangon on April 17, 2021, as thousands of inmates were freed nationwide to mark the country s traditional Buddhist New Year holiday. AFP - STR 5 min Myanmar’s junta on Saturday announced it pardoned and released more than 23,000 prisoners to mark the traditional Thingyan New Year holiday, but it wasn’t immediately clear if they included pro-democracy activists who were detained in the wake of the military’s seizure of power in February.  Advertising Read more The releases were announced on state broadcaster MRTV, which said that junta chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing had pardoned 23,047 prisoners, including 137 foreigners who will be deported from Myanmar. He also reduced sentences for others.

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