Relatives of political prisoners and petty criminals eagerly await the release of their loved ones outside the Insein prison in Myanmar's capital, Yangon, on Oct. 12, 2011, a day after the country's new civilian president declared amnesty for 6,359 inmates in a gesture of liberalization after decades of brutal military rule. Most of the prisoners were ordinary criminals freed on humanitarian grounds, but there were at least two prominent political prisoners released as well -- army commander Hso Hten and comedian Yarganar, who was jailed for criticizing the junta's response to a cyclone in 2008.