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Myanmar releases nearly 6,000 prisoners, including 4 foreign nationals | South China Morning Post

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Myanmar’s military government announced on November 17, 2022, that it was releasing and deporting an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker, an ex-British diplomat and an American as part of a broad prisoner amnesty to mark the country’s National Victory Day. A total of 5,774 prisoners were released, Myanmar’s st…

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