Hkalam Samson poses for photography together with his wife after his release from the prison in Myintkyina township in Kachin state, Myanmar on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Hkalam Samson, prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority, was detained by the authorities just hours after he was released from prison under an amnesty by the military government, a relative, a colleague and local media said Thursday, April 18, 2024.(AP Photo)
Hkalam Samson, second from right, poses for photography together with his family members, relatives and friends after his release from the prison in Myintkyina township in Kachin state, Myanmar on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Hkalam Samson, prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority, was detained by the authorities just hours after he was released from prison under an amnesty by the military government, a relative, a colleague and local media said Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo)
FILE - President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with survivors of religious persecution, including Hkalam Samson, standing on the first row, second from right, in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in Washington. Hkalam Samson, prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority, was detained by the authorities just hours after he was released from prison under an amnesty by the military government, a relative, a colleague and local media said Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)