YANGON — Myanmar’s junta has freed a former minister in the ousted government of Aung San Suu Kyi and a well-known writer among political detainees given amnesty to mark the country’s independence day, according to relatives and media. State broadcaster MRTV said on Wednesday (Jan 4) that 7,012 prisoners were due to be released under the amnesty, although it did...
Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing presides over an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021.YANGON — Myanmar’s junta has freed a former minister in the ousted government of Aung San Suu Kyi and a well-known writer among political detainees given amnesty to mark the country’s independence day, according to relatives and media.
“Now I have arrived home from prison, but I am not free yet. It is not real freedom if I still need to fear even at home,” Htin Lin Oo said by telephone on Thursday, calling for the release of all political prisoners. The UN Security Council last month adopted its first resolution on Myanmar in 74 years, demanding an end to violence and for the junta to free all political detainees.
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