Myanmar’s newly appointed president, Min Aung Hlaing, announced on Friday that he would release 4,335 prisoners to mark the first day of the Burmese New Year. While the mass amnesty was expected to include political prisoners from across the country, the gesture remains largely unverified even days later. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), a group that has tracked junta-caused deaths and imprisonments since the military takeover in 2021, reports that only 105 identified political prisoners from 17 prisons have been confirmed released as of Monday afternoon local time.