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More than 30,000 Myanmar civilians have fled their villages in the eastern state of Karen and are hiding in nearby jungles following air strikes in populated areas in response to the seizure of a government military post by a rebel ethnic army, an official from an NGO said Friday.
Fighting that flared up in March in Karen has driven thousands of ethnic Karen into Thailand, while others cluster near the border. To Myanmar’s west, Bangladesh has beefed up border patrols to stop an influx of Rohingya trying to join fellow members of their ethnic minority in refugee settlements.
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Myanmar junta to pardon 23,000 prisoners in Buddhist New Year amnesty 2 minutes read
Bangkok, Apr 17 (EFE).- Myanmar’s military authorities on Saturday said they granted pardons to 23,000 prisoners to mark the Buddhist New Year as protests against the junta, which came to power in a coup in February, continued, local media reported.
It is not yet known whether pro-democracy activists and protesters will be among those granted early release.
At least 800 prisoners are to be free from the Insein Prison in Yangon, the largest city in the country, and another 2,800 from five prisons in Mandalay, local media outlet Eleven Myanmar reported.
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