Myanmar’s junta-led election is not free or fair. Yet despite banned opposition, mass displacement, and severe repression, ...

Myanmar’s junta said it would release more than 6000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark the country’s independence day. The military has arrested thousands of protesters and activists ...

Myanmar’s junta granted amnesty to more than 6,100 prisoners and reduced other inmates’ sentences on Sunday (January 4, 2026) to mark the 78th anniversary of the country’s independence from Britain.

Jan 4 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military ‌government will release 6,186 prisoners under an amnesty marking Independence ‌Day, state media said on Saturday, a week after ‌a multi-stage general election ...

Myanmar's military government will release 6,186 prisoners under an amnesty marking Independence Day, state media said on Saturday, a week after a multi-stage general election began in the ...

The Myanmar junta will release more than 6,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day, the state media reported on Sunday. Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has granted amnesty to 6,134 imprisoned Myanmar ...

Myanmar to Free 6,186 Prisoners in Independence Day Amnesty During Election Jan 4 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government will ‌release 6,186 prisoners under an ‌amnesty marking Independence Day, ...

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Myanmar has begun voting in its first general election since the military seized power in a coup in February 2021, an event the ruling junta presents as a return to democratic order after years of ...

YANGON: The United Nations said Sunday (Dec 28) that Myanmar needs "free, fair, inclusive and credible" elections, as balloting began in a heavily restricted military-run poll. "It is critical that ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Voters went to the polls Sunday for the initial phase of Myanmar’s first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military government while a civil war ...