Ahead of President Obama’s visit later this month, Myanmar ordered on Thursday the release of 452 prisoners, the AP reports:
It was not immediately clear if any political prisoners were among those granted freedom, prompting rights groups to renew calls for the government to shed light on one of the world’s most opaque prison systems. Myanmar’s government has long insisted that all prisoners are criminals and releases no official information on who is a political prisoner, where they are detained and how many remain jailed.
