Myanmar junta says to free 1,600 prisoners in new year amnesty

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 17, 2022 10:34 am

YANGON: Myanmar's junta will release over 1,600 prisoners from jails across the country on Sunday to mark the Buddhist new year, it said, without specifying whether those being pardoned were protesters or common criminals.

The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since the military's ouster of Aung San Suu Kyi's government last year, which sparked huge protests and a deadly crackdown.

This picture taken on April 15, 2022 shows members of the Peacock Generation activist troupe, some of whom are dressed as part of the People's Defence Forces, waving Yangon Student Union flags during a traditional Thangyat performance in Kayin state. AFP PHOTO

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