Independence Day amnesty frees 6,186 prisoners Sources close to Yangon’s Insein Prison told DVB that 850 were among a total of 6,186 prisoners released from prisons across the country on Sunday in an amnesty to mark Burma’s 78th Independence Day. The sources added that the only political prisoner freed was Ye Htut, a former minister […] The post Independence Day amnesty frees 6,186 prisoners; Preliminary results from Myanmar elections released appeared first on DVB .