Myanmar (Burma)
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Myanmar (Burma)
Mention Insein Prison and what comes to mind are images of abused inmates, unbridled corruption and sub-human conditions.
Myanmar’s main penitentiary, located on the outskirts of Yangon, gained notoriety during five decades of military rule as a place where political dissidents were incarcerated and…
Source — MM Times
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Myanmar (Burma)
Inmates at Shwebo Prison and Mopalin Labor Camp have staged demonstrations and called for a review after they were excluded from this year’s presidential pardons.
The demonstrations were mainly staged by those serving their time under articles 15 and 16 of the 1993 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances…
Source — Irrawady
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Myanmar (Burma)
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Source — BFMTV
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Religion
Myanmar (Burma)
The Prisons Department will allow inmates to carry out religious activities once a month starting from the new fiscal year, said the department’s deputy director from Security Section.
Source — Myanmar Times
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Myanmar (Burma)
While the country may be charting a rapid course of reform, behind the high walls and iron bars of the prison system positive change has proceeded at a more sluggish pace. Thousands of prisoners continue to be kept in grueling conditions where mistreatment and exploitation are still the norm, according…
Source — Myanmar Times
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