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Sittwe (Myanmar), Feb 18 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: EPA) The Burmese Board of Directors began the release of more than 23,000 prisoners on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the country's Union Day.FOOTAGE OF AYE MAUNG ARRIVING IN SITTWE.
Yangon, Feb 2 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar’s ousted ruling party demanded Tuesday that the army immediately release all those it detained, including their leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a day after a coup d'etat brought down the country’s civilian government. The National League for Democracy (NLD) also said in a Facebook statement that the military should respect the result of the November general elections, where Suu Kyi’s party won a landslide victory by claiming 83 percent of parliamentary seats. (Camera: LYNN BOBO). B-ROLL OF MILITARY PRESENCE, EMPTY STREETS, MARKETSAND THE CITY OF YANGON, IN MYANMAR, IN THE AFTERMATH OF COUP.
The justice of peace in Colombia tweets its demand of immediate release of ex FARC leader Jesus Santrich, detained in a prison in Bogota as of April 2018 and who is wanted by the United States on drug trafficking charges. ANIMATED VIDEO
Burmese queue to enter Thailand at an immigration checkpoint in the border town of Mae Sot, many fleeing the newest round of fighting to test the junta's hold on power. The number of people passing Thai immigration from Myanmar had increased to around 4,000 per day in recent days, an immigration official told AFP, up from the usual number of around 1,900. IMAGES
Hundreds of protestors gather outside the UN office in Bangkok on the third anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).