Yangon, Myanmar, April 17, 2026 (AFP) - Myanmar ex-president freed from post-coup detention, Suu Kyi's sentence cut

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Myanmar's former president Win Myint, detained since a 2021 military coup, was freed on Friday under a mass amnesty which, according to a source close to pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, also reduced her sentence. Win Myint and Suu Kyi, the 80-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate, led Myanmar during a decade-long experiment with civilian rule that was abruptly halted by the coup. The former president, who served from 2018, was pardoned of co......

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