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Mizzima Less than 24 hours after his release from Myitkyina Prison in Kachin State as part of a junta amnesty, former Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) president Dr. Hkalam Samson was rearrested. Dr. [1]
(Photo: KBC KACHIN) Mizzima The U.S. Embassy in Burma has issued a statement welcoming the release by the Myanmar junta of Reverend Dr. Hkalam Samson, a Kachin pastor and former head of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC). [2]
Hkalam Samson poses for photography together with his wife after his release from the prison in Myintkyina township in Kachin state, Myanmar on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Mizzima Though the junta re-imprisoned the former Kachin Baptist Church (KBC) le... [3]
Former Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) president Dr. Hkalam Samson was rearrested early Thursday, hours after being freed from Kachin State’s Myitkyina Prison in a junta amnesty the previous day. (confirmed by 2 sources) [4]
Mizzima A total of 204 prisoners were granted amnesty by the junta as part of the New Year amnesty, according to sources in Mon state. Among them, only four were identified as political prisoners. [5]
Mizzima Less than 24 hours after his release from Myitkyina Prison in Kachin State as part of a junta amnesty, former Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) president Dr. Hkalam Samson was rearrested. Dr.
(Photo: KBC KACHIN) Mizzima The U.S. Embassy in Burma has issued a statement welcoming the release by the Myanmar junta of Reverend Dr. Hkalam Samson, a Kachin pastor and former head of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC).
Hkalam Samson poses for photography together with his wife after his release from the prison in Myintkyina township in Kachin state, Myanmar on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Mizzima Though the junta re-imprisoned the former Kachin Baptist Church (KBC) le
Former Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) president Dr. Hkalam Samson was rearrested early Thursday, hours after being freed from Kachin State’s Myitkyina Prison in a junta amnesty the previous day.
Mizzima A total of 204 prisoners were granted amnesty by the junta as part of the New Year amnesty, according to sources in Mon state. Among them, only four were identified as political prisoners.
Four inmates were shot dead and 12 more were injured after security forces opened fire on prisoners protesting inside Kachin State’s Myitkyina Prison on Thursday, Kachin media reported.
The National Unity Government (NUG) - The NUG stated that they strongly object to any forms of threat to media people. They added that they would make an effort to combat such activities and protect the press people.
Only a small fraction of the more than 3,000 prisoners released from the country’s jam-packed prisons by the junta’s conditional amnesty on Wednesday were political prisoners, according to data from the Political Prisoners Network-Myanmar.