This mass prisoner release is a tradition in Myanmar during holidays and significant events. Last year, over 9,000 prisoners ...

The head of Myanmar's military government, granted amnesties covering 5,864 prisoners, as well as 180 foreigners who will be ...

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 Britain ...