Associated Press (AP) photographer Thein Zaw (L) is given drinks outside Insein prison in Yangon on Monday (March 24, 2021), after being released with coup detainees who had been held for taking part in demonstrations against the military coup. - AP
YANGON, March 24 (AP): Hundreds of people imprisoned for protesting last month’s coup in Myanmar were released Wednesday in the first apparent gesture by the military to try to placate the protest movement.
Witnesses outside Insein Prison in Yangon saw busloads of mostly young people, looking happy with some flashing the three-finger gesture of defiance adopted by protesters. State-run TV said a total of 628 were freed.
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