Myanmar junta re-arrests more than 100 released in amnesty: monitoring group

Prison guards man the gates as people wait for detainees to be released from Insein Prison in Yangon on Oct 19, 2021. - AFP

BANGKOK (AFP): Myanmar's junta has re-arrested more than 100 anti-coup protesters freed in a recent amnesty, according to a local monitoring group that tracks detentions and killings in the country.

The nation has been in chaos since the February coup, with more than 1,100 killed in a crackdown on dissent and over 8,000 arrested, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).