Myanmar junta pardons more than 2,000 jailed for dissent
The Myanmar military has arrested thousands of protesters and activists since the February 2021 putsch that plunged the country into turmoil. – EPA pic, May 3, 2023.
MYANMAR’S junta announced today it had pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners jailed under a law used widely in its crackdown on dissent since seizing power more than two years ago. The military has arrested thousands of protesters and activists since the February 2021 putsch that plunged the country into turmoil.
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