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

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.

The amnesty comes while Myanmar marks 78 years of indenpendence from Britain and as the junta stages its first election since the 2021 coup. The Myanmar junta will release more than 6,000 prisoners to ...

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 began ...

FILE PHOTO: Election Commission officials count ballots at a polling station during Myanmar's general election in Yangon, Myanmar, December 28, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo Jan 4 (Reuters) - ...

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 ...

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The UK’s foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, is leading a new push to free Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi as sham elections in the country are set to begin. The Foreign Office (FCDO) has ...

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Soft orchestral music filled Studio A of Myanmar Radio and Television in Yangon, Myanmar, as voices rose in both Chinese and Myanmar verse, weaving together two literary traditions shaped by centuries ...

YANGON, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Soft orchestral music filled Studio A of Myanmar Radio and Television in Yangon, Myanmar, as voices rose in both Chinese and Myanmar verse, weaving together two literary ...