Win Myint

2021 coup d'état

← Previous revision Revision as of 01:56, 18 April 2026 Line 79: Line 79: On 16 April 2024, the military announced that Win Myint had been transferred to house arrest due to a heat wave.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 April 2024 |title=Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest amid heatwave |language=en |work=Al Jazeera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/17/myanmars-aung-san-suu-kyi-moved-to-house-arrest-amid-heatwave |access-date=17 April 2024}}</ref> However, pro-democracy publications such as ''[[The Irrawaddy]]'' claimed that there is little evidence to support the junta's announcement.<ref>[https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-suu-kyi-remains-in-prison-informed-sources.html Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Remains in Prison: Informed Sources]. April 18, 2024. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418130955/https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-suu-kyi-remains-in-prison-informed-sources.html|date=April 18, 2024}}</ref> On 16 April 2024, the military announced that Win Myint had been transferred to house arrest due to a heat wave.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 April 2024 |title=Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest amid heatwave |language=en |work=Al Jazeera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/17/myanmars-aung-san-suu-kyi-moved-to-house-arrest-amid-heatwave |access-date=17 April 2024}}</ref> However, pro-democracy publications such as ''[[The Irrawaddy]]'' claimed that there is little evidence to support the junta's announcement.<ref>[https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-suu-kyi-remains-in-prison-informed-sources.html Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Remains in Prison: Informed Sources]. April 18, 2024. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418130955/https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-suu-kyi-remains-in-prison-informed-sources.html|date=April 18, 2024}}</ref>

On 17 April 2026, he was released after being granted amnesty during the Myanmar New Year’s Day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-04-17 |title=Myanmar President Win Myint Released Under Amnesty |work=New Day Myanmar |url=https://newdaymyanmar.com/myanmar-president-win-myint-released-under-amnesty/ |access-date=2026-04-17 |language=en-US}}</ref> On 17 April 2026, he was released after being granted amnesty during the Myanmar New Year’s Day.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2026-04-17 |title=Former President Win Myint freed in broad Myanmar prisoner amnesty|work=Associated Press|url=https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-prisoner-amnesty-min-aung-hlaing-suu-kyi-827718552f12faec188e56e381658a60|access-date=2026-04-17 |language=en-US|last=Peck|first=Grant}}</ref>

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