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April 28, 2016

The NLD deserves praise for defying the military in its April 17 presidential pardon. Those released should never have been behind bars.

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Pardons are a political tool in the hands of the regime

Since the coup, Min Aung Hlaing has wielded laws as weapons to enable the arbitrary arrest of tens of thousands of people opposing his rule, while using mass amnesties as a tool for political gain.

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