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BANGKOK (AP) -- The head of Myanmar's military government granted amnesty to more than 10,000 prisoners and reduced the sentences of others to mark a holiday, state-run media reported Monday. [1]

Mizzima While the police battalion opposite Magway Central Prison was under attack, a tense confrontation also erupted inside the prison between guards and inmates, during which junta soldiers opened fire, killing two political prisoners, local sourc... (confirmed by 4 sources) [2]

Mizzima On 28 July 2024, Lashio Prison was stormed amid fierce fighting between the Myanmar junta and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) together with allied revolutionary forces during the second phase of Operation 1027. [3]

Tamil refugees going home to an open prison After successfully ending the 30-year old war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the government launched a ‘Northern Reawakening’ programme (Uthuru Wasanthaya). [4]

Mizzima Senior officials from the junta Prisons Department ordered a deadly crackdown on an inmate protest at Myitkyina Prison that killed five prisoners on 18 April 2024, according to the Political Prisoners Network – Myanmar (PPNM). [5]

Mizzima Over 400 political prisoners and other prisoners escaped from Lashio Prison in northern Shan State’s Lashio Town when retreating junta troops opened the prison gates on the afternoon of 29 July 2024. [6]

BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand’s Corrections Department has opened the country’s first “Chang Sip Mu” school within a prison, aiming to preserve traditional arts and provide inmates with skills for reintegration into society, Jan 13. [7]

Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin has announced that all prisons and juvenile detention centers nationwide will be open for visits by inmates’ [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-03-02 · 75% match

Myanmar pardons 10,000 prisoners before parliament opens

BANGKOK (AP) -- The head of Myanmar's military government granted amnesty to more than 10,000 prisoners and reduced the sentences of others to mark a holiday, state-run media reported Monday.

[2] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-04-20 · 75% match

Two political prisoners killed as junta opens fire during Magway prison confrontation

Mizzima While the police battalion opposite Magway Central Prison was under attack, a tense confrontation also erupted inside the prison between guards and inmates, during which junta soldiers opened fire, killing two political prisoners, local sourc

[3] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-09-28 · 75% match

Female prisoners face tough challenges during and after the 2024 Lashio prison break

Mizzima On 28 July 2024, Lashio Prison was stormed amid fierce fighting between the Myanmar junta and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) together with allied revolutionary forces during the second phase of Operation 1027.

[4] MM asianews.it · 85% match

Tamil refugees going home to an open prison

Tamil refugees going home to an open prison After successfully ending the 30-year old war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the government launched a ‘Northern Reawakening’ programme (Uthuru Wasanthaya).

[5] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-05-30 · 75% match

Director of junta Prisons Department gave order to open fire on prisoners

Mizzima Senior officials from the junta Prisons Department ordered a deadly crackdown on an inmate protest at Myitkyina Prison that killed five prisoners on 18 April 2024, according to the Political Prisoners Network – Myanmar (PPNM).

[6] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-07-31 · 75% match

Over 400 prisoners escape Lashio Prison as retreating junta opens gates

Mizzima Over 400 political prisoners and other prisoners escaped from Lashio Prison in northern Shan State’s Lashio Town when retreating junta troops opened the prison gates on the afternoon of 29 July 2024.

[7] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2025-01-13 · 75% match

Thailand opens first prison school for traditional arts

BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand’s Corrections Department has opened the country’s first “Chang Sip Mu” school within a prison, aiming to preserve traditional arts and provide inmates with skills for reintegration into society, Jan 13.

[8] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2022-12-26 · 75% match

Thai prisons and juvenile detention centers open for New Year family visits

Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin has announced that all prisons and juvenile detention centers nationwide will be open for visits by inmates’

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-12-08 · 75% match

Prisons to Improve Nutrition for Inmates Across the Country

MANDALAY — The Correctional Department, under the Ministry of Home Affairs, said it would increase daily nutrition for inmates across the country. A department spokesperson explained that nutrition budgets were set by the state governments.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-04-19 · 75% match

Carnage Follows Amnesty in Myanmar: Four Prisoners Shot Dead, 12 Injured

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.

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