A man celebrates with relatives after being released from Insein Prison in Yangon on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, as authorities released thousands of people jailed for protesting against a February coup that ousted the civilian government. - AFP
YANGON, Oct 19 (AFP): Newly released anti-coup protesters in Myanmar were reunited with their families outside a Yangon prison on Tuesday in tearful scenes on the second day of a junta amnesty as international pressure mounts on the regime.
The South-East Asian country has been in chaos since a coup in February, with more than 1,100 civilians killed in a bloody crackdown on dissent and more than 8,000 arrested, according to a local monitoring group.
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