Myanmar junta pardons over 2,000 inmates jailed for dissent against military ...Middle East

YANGON: Myanmar’s junta today announced it had pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners jailed under a law used widely in its crackdown on dissent since seizing power more than two years ago.The military has arrested thousands of protesters and activists since the February 2021 putsch that plunged the country into turmoil.Pardons were granted to “2,153 prisoners serving sentences under Penal Code 505(a) to mark Kasone Full Moon Day”, a festival marking the birth of the Buddha, the junta said in a statement.The law carries a maximum three-year jail term.The military ordered the pardons “for the peaceful mind of the people and on humanitarian grounds”, it said. Those who re-offend will have to serve

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