[Link] Myanmar court jails two Aung San Suu Kyi allies for total of 165 years

Read: 10/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

A court in Myanmar has sentenced two members of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party to 90 years and 75 years in prison after finding them guilty of corruption, their lawyer said.

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[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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