Modicum of mercy: Prison security officials preparing ahead of the release of inmates outside Insein prison in Yangon. — AFP
THE military said it would release almost 6,000 prisoners, including a former British ambassador, a Japanese journalist and an Australian economics adviser, in a rare olive branch from the isolated junta.
The South-East Asian country has been in turmoil since the military’s coup last year and a bloody crackdown on dissent during which thousands have been jailed.
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