Mass Amnesty Announcement in Myanmar Remains Mostly Unverified

Myanmar’s newly appointed president, Min Aung Hlaing, announced on Friday that he would release 4,335 prisoners to mark the first day of the Burmese New Year. While the mass amnesty was expected to include political prisoners from across the country, the gesture remains largely unverified even days later. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), a group that… The post Mass Amnesty Announcement in Myanmar Remains Mostly Unverified   first appeared on International Christian Concern.