Prisoners released early in a junta’s amnesty walk out of the gate of Insein prison in Yangon on March 2. (AFP)

Myanmar grants amnesty to over 7,000 convicted of ‘terrorist group’ support

Myanmar's military junta granted amnesty on Monday to more than 7,000 prisoners convicted of financing or sheltering a "terrorist group", a designation it has used to outlaw pro-democracy factions opposing its rule.

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