Myanmar's military-controlled government has announced it's releasing and deporting an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker, an ex-British diplomat and an American
Myanmar’s Military Government Releases Thousands of Political Prisoners, Including an American and 3 Other Foreigners
The imprisonment of the foreign nationals had been a source of friction between Myanmar’s leaders and their home governments, which had been lobbying for their release. Japan’s top government spokesperson, Hirokazu Matsuno, told reporters Kubota was due to leave Myanmar on a flight Thursday night and could be in Japan as soon as Friday. He said officials believe the 26-year-old Tokyo-based documentary filmmaker is in good health.
Fellow Australian economist Tim Harcourt said in an email he was delighted to hear of his longtime friend Sean Turnell’s release. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the takeover, which led to nationwide protests that the military government quashed with deadly force, triggering armed resistance that some U.N. experts now characterize as civil war.The Military Tried to Burn It Down: How an Underdog Myanmar Township Became a Resistance Stronghold
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