UN secretary-general calls for release of all prisoners in Myanmar

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the release of all those imprisoned in Myanmar due to the military seizure of power in the country, Report informs.

Myanmar plunged back into direct military rule on Feb. 1 when soldiers detained de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders in a series of dawn raids, ending the country’s brief experiment with democracy.

"We will do everything we can to mobilize all the key actors and international community to put enough pressure on Myanmar to make sure that this coup fails," Guterres said in a conversation with The Washington Post.

"I hope that democracy will be able to make progress again in Myanmar, but for that, all the prisoners must be released, the constitutional order must be reestablished," he added.