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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shabnoor Irshad

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Crowds cheer as myanmar releases thousands of prisoners to mark independence day | Mind Blowing Facts

Released prisoners are welcomed by family members and colleagues after they left Insein Prison on Saturday (4 January) in Yangon, Myanmar.

Myanmar’s military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty marking the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain.

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