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#myanmar

Order reduces sentences for 3,085 people and drops charges against another 5,580 people still at large. Myanmar's military rulers have pardoned or dropped charges against 8,665 people locked up for opposing the army rule as the country prepares for next month's elections, according to state media. The announcement on Thursday paves the way for prisoners to vote in upcoming polls that human rights groups have criticised as a sham process.

I think about all freedoms. So when you say free expression, free speech, or freedom of information or Article 19, all of those concepts are linked together, I immediately think of all human rights at once. Because what I have seen during my current or past work is how that freedom is really the cornerstone of all freedom. If you don't have that, you can't have any other freedom.

The electrician from central Myanmar was part of an underground assassin squad that targeted security personnel and infrastructure tied to the military government in their city strongholds. Once detained, he knew his military captors would show little mercy. Arkar, who asked to use a pseudonym to protect his identity, said he endured weeks of torture in secret detention centres before being sentenced to three years at Insein Prison, Myanmar's most notorious jail.

In a statement posted on X, SpaceX's senior vice president of commercial business, Lauren Dreyer, said the company had "proactively identified and disabled over 2,500 Starlink Kits in the vicinity of suspected scam centers" in Myanmar. She added that SpaceX "complies with local laws in all 150+ markets where Starlink is licensed to operate" and takes "appropriate action" when it detects violations of its acceptable use policy or applicable law.

Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food. On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: No one has died because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program.

Khaing Thukha, spokesperson for the Arakan Army (AA) that controls the area, told The Associated Press late on Friday that a jet fighter dropped two bombs on Pyinnyar Pan Khinn and A Myin Thit Private High School in the Thayet Thapin village in Kyauktaw township. He said most of the victims were 17- to 18-year-old students from the private schools. The situation in the village could not be independently confirmed, with access to the internet and cellphone service in the area mostly cut off.

Min Aung Hlaing praised Donald Trump for a tariff letter and requested an end to sanctions, celebrating the recognition of Myanmar's military rule.

The Sue 80 Birthday Wishes campaign offers a simple and secure way for individuals worldwide to upload a birthday wish honouring [Ms Suu Kyi's] 80th birthday.

The shocking arrest of six-year-old Lin Latt Shwe along with others in Myanmar highlights the escalating violence and political turmoil following the military coup.

Some 22,197 political detainees, including Suu Kyi, were in detention as of last Friday, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, an independent organisation that keeps detailed tallies of arrests and casualties linked to the nation's political conflicts.

The junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing, announced a mass pardon for nearly 5,000 prisoners, coinciding with Myanmar's new year celebrations. This included 13 foreigners facing deportation.