Myanmar's State Administration Council on Saturday (Jan 4) pardoned approximately 6,000 prisoners to mark the country's 77th ...

While the amnesty included around 600 political prisoners, it should not be taken as a sign of conciliation on the part of ...

Myanmar's military government will release more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates' sentences as part of a ...

Relatives of released prisoners await their loved ones outside prison after the country's junta government announced it would ...

The military government of Myanmar released 5,864 prisoners on Saturday. The mass amnesty was to commemorate the 77th ...

Michael Martin is an adjunct fellow at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He served as a ...

The prisoners freed include a small portion of the thousands of detainees jailed for opposing army rule, following the ...

Myanmar’s military government will release more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty to mark the 77th anniversary of independence from ...

Myanmar's military government plans to release 5,864 prisoners as part of an amnesty on its independence day. However, ...

Myanmar’s military government announced it was releasing 5,864 prisoners under an amnesty to mark independence day. Those ...

The amnesty includes 5,864 local prisoners and 180 foreigners who will be deported, according to state-run MRTV television .