[Link] Myanmar military says it will release 5,600 anti-coup prisoners

Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Myanmar’s military has announced plans to release more than 5,000 prisoners, days after the junta chief was blocked from attending an upcoming regional summit over his failure to commit to de-escalating the country’s crisis.

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[Link] Two Dead After 12 Inmates Tried to Get Drunk on Hand Sanitizer

Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com

Two prison inmates died and ten others were hospitalised in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo after they ingested hand sanitiser to get drunk, prompting a ban on alcohol-based sanitising products in all prisons across the country, according to the Department of Prisons.

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