BANGKOK (AP) — Military-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday allowed prisoners to have family visitors from outside, a right that had been suspended for 3½ years because of the coronavirus pandemic, the military’s information office and prison officials said.
Visitors must be able to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccinations and a household relationship to the prisoner being met.
Family visitation rights were suspended after the coronavirus pandemic began in early 2020.
Most sectors of society gradually reduced or dropped testing requirements and other virus-fighting measures since 2022, but family visits to prisoners had remained banned.
The total number of prisoners held in Myanmar, not only political detainees, isn't publicly known.
Persons:
Aung San, Aung San Suu Kyi, Tun Kyi, isn't
Organizations:
—, Associated Press, Association for Political, Former Political Prisoners Society, Prison
Locations:
BANGKOK, Myanmar, Thayarwaddy, Bago, Yangon, Aung San Suu, Tun, Magway