Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Myanmar in protest following the military coup d'etat on Feb. 1, according to Al Jazeera. The military party detained democratically elected President Win Myint and the National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Aung San Suu Kyi t
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Myanmar military releases more than 23,000 prisoners as protests against coup continue CNN 2/12/2021 By Carly Walsh and Brett McKeehan, CNN © Tatmadaw True Information Team/AP Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing makes a televised address in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on February 11.
Myanmar s new ruling junta is releasing tens of thousands of prisoners Friday as angry protests against the military coup continue for the seventh straight day.
Some 23,314 prisoners are set to be granted amnesty and released on Union Day, a national public holiday observing unification of the country, Gen. Min Aung Hlaing said in a statement. It is unclear what offenses the prisoners were convicted of.
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