Five remaining Karenni activists have left prison after they condemned the placement of a statue of Gen. Aung San in Loikaw earlier this year.

In one of many suits against them, four performers from the Peacock Generation thangyat group have been sentenced to one year in prison for criticizing the military.

A total of 27 Kayah farmers are being sued by the military for cultivating unused land seized from them decades ago. Activists are demanding the cases be dismissed.