![]() ![]() The group keeps detailed tallies of arrests and killings linked to the government's repression. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners said Friday that 10,238 people, including Suu Kyi, are in detention. "He knows the political prisoners will oppose him again if they were released," he said, adding that they were also kept to be used as bargaining chips who can be freed as a gesture of goodwill to appease other countries and groups critical of the military government. Mass protests started taking place across Myanmar, and within a month dozens of civilian casualties were to be deplored. On February 1st, 2021, the military seized control, and elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and members of her party were among hundreds of people to be detained. ![]() He said it was not surprising if political prisoners were not released, because the general sees people who oppose his government as criminals and intends to crush them. In 2021, the country faced yet another upheaval. Tun Kyi, a senior member of the Former Political Prisoners Society, said that political detainees are held as hostages by Min Aung Hlaing. The spokesman of Myanmar's Prison Department, Khin Shwe, told The Associated Press that those released were mostly drug offenders and common criminals, and that he was unaware if any political prisoners were among them.Īn official from Yangon's Insein Prison said 160 people have been released from the penitentiary but they didn't include those convicted of political offenses. Mass prisoner releases are common on major holidays. Min Aung Hlaing, had pardoned 1,619 prisoners, including 42 foreigners who will be deported. State-run MRTV television reported that the head of Myanmar's military council, Senior Gen.
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