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Myanmar prisoner release

Myanmar Junta Pardons More Than 2,000 Political Prisoners
By Sebastian Strangio
All of those amnestied were detained under a law – Section 505(a) of the penal code – that makes it illegal to promote dissent against the military.

Myanmar’s Military Chief Pardons Prisoners to Mark Holiday
By Grant Peck
While around 1,600 prisoners have been freed, political detainees were not among those released.
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