Dark history: A security officer standing in front of the Insein prison in Yangon. — Reuters
YANGON: Hundreds of political prisoners have been released from Myanmar’s jails in amnesties in recent years, including dozens freed in January 2016, days before democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi’s party took power for the first time.
Former president Barack Obama announced the lifting of US sanctions in October 2016, citing the release of political prisoners and improved human rights, as well as the elections that brought Suu Kyi to power.
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