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After years of imprisonment and detention, Gambira– once a prominent dissident Buddhist monk in Myanmar – has disrobed and is now a civilian. Gambira, who like most monks goes by one name, was instrumental in leading popular anti-government protests in 2007 known as the Saffron Revolution, which Myanmar’s then-military regime stifled with a brutal crackdown. He was sentenced to 63 years imprisonment as one of the country’s most high-profile political prisoners, and was released in January along with a large number of political prisoners, part of a series of sweeping reforms by Myanmar’s civilian government aimed at greater democratic freedoms. Although Gambira was released in January, he was detained for questioning, according to reports from the Associated Press, and released shortly after. “It is very sad.