It is unclear whether that full number will be released as many may have additional convictions. Read more at ...

Excited families are greeting relatives released from Myanmar’s Insein Prison as part of a mass amnesty granted by the ...

State media in Myanmar say the country's military rulers have granted amnesty to over 3,000 prisoners locked up for opposing ...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) faces challenges in re-engaging with Myanmar post-election, amidst ...

Myanmar's military regime has granted amnesty to over 3,000 political prisoners and dismissed charges against more than 5,500 ...

Alexander Lukashenko’s visit comes shortly before military government holds national polls widely condemned as a sham.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for the immediate release of former Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi after learning of her worsening health problems in military custody. Mr Macron wrote to ...

Journalists have been flocking to John Yettaw's modest residence in the unincorporated community of Falcon for insight into the man who allegedly swam across a lake and sneaked into the home of ...

It said she had failed to act against her country's persecution of the Rohingya. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum said Wednesday it was rescinding a major human rights award it gave Nobel laureate ...

A key aide to Myanmar's deposed democratic figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi was among hundreds of political prisoners freed by the ...

Myanmar’s military rulers have pardoned or dropped charges against 8,665 people locked up for opposing the army rule as the country prepares for next month’s elections, according to state media. The ...

U Kyi Toe, ex-chief of the NLD’s Information Committee, pledged ‘to be strong to work together’ with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains jailed in Naypyitaw.