It wasn’t immediately clear if the prisoners released included the thousands of political detainees locked up for opposing army rule in Myanmar
Myanmar’s military government on Monday granted amnesty to more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the traditional lunar New Year holiday, but it wasn’t immediately clear if those released included the thousands of political detainees locked up for opposing army rule.
Some 17,460 political detainees, including Myanmar’s former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, were in detention as of last Wednesday, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, an independent organization that keeps detailed tallies of arrests and casualties linked to the nation’s political conflicts.
Civilians have borne the brunt of brutal military offensives in the countryside, including the use of artillery and air strikes, which have displaced more than a million people, causing a humanitarian crisis. He said his group viewed such releases as trying to score political points, ease international pressure and seek to demonstrate the military’s legitimacy.
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