FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 file photo women prisoners walk out of Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar's reformist president granted a pardon Monday Dec. 30, 2013 to people convicted of or charged with a variety of political offenses, an apparent effort to fulfill his pledge to free all political prisoners by the end of this year. It wasn't immediately clear how many people are covered by President Thein Sein's pardon, which was announced on state television. The pardon covers people convicted of or charged with unlawful association, high treason, contempt of government and violation of the peaceful assembly law. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win, File)