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Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. Credit: Reuters Photo
Myanmar's junta on Wednesday announced it had pardoned 2,153 prisoners jailed under a law that criminalises encouraging dissent against the military.
The military pardoned "2,153 prisoners serving sentences under Penal Code 505 (a) to mark Kasone Full Moon Day," the junta said in a statement.
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