The military junta that has ruled Myanmar since the coup d’etat on February 1, 2021. 3,300 prisoners were amnestied this Wednesday to celebrate Thingyan, the traditional Buddhist New Year.

The announcement published by the board of directors states that all affected prisoners will be “forgiven” with the condition not to repeat the crimes that brought them to prison. However, it is unknown whether some of these prisoners have now been released, according to the newspaper. Myanmar now.

The board also did not provide details about the likelihood that among those released there are foreigners or political prisoners. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) estimates the number of people jailed in the Asian country for political reasons since the coup is at least 20,000.

This association indicated that 4,884 people died at the hands of the junta. Since February 1, 2021, 26,524 people have been detained, of which 20,351 remain in the country’s prisons.

The coup was carried out by the army with the aim of nullify the results of the November 2020 general elections, in which the National League for Democracy (NLD) received the Nobel Peace Prize. Aung San Suu Kyi, won a parliamentary majority by claiming there had been fraud, but that claim was questioned by international observers.

The riots followed a brutal campaign of repression against opponents, activists and protestersAdded to this is a surge in clashes between the army and various insurgent groups in several states of the country, especially in areas of the northeast of the country, near the border with China and in Rakhine state (west). .

Junta places Suu Kyi under house arrest

Myanmar’s military junta transfers Aung San Suu Kyi and former President Win Myint from prison to house arrest due to health reasons, due to heat this has affected the Asian country in recent days.

Junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun confirmed the transfers after sources were cited by the news portal. Eleven Myanmar claimed that both politicians were sent from prison to to a “safe place” due to the heat.

Sources quoted by Burmese news portal Mizzima they indicated that Suu Kyi, 78, was transferred to her home in the capital Naypyitaw. from the said prison, and Win Myint was also taken to his home in the capital from Taung Gu Prison.

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Both Suu Kyi and Win Vint were detained during military coup February 2021, issued by the military. Both politicians were convicted in separate cases brought against them for corruption, trials that were conducted in secret because lawyers are barred from talking about the procedures and amid criticism for a lack of transparency and safeguards for those accused.

(according to information from Europe Press)