Myanmar
Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale. It gives an account of the preceding year’s events.
Myanmar: after a year of silence, 7 political prisoners confirmed killed in Insein prison
Authorities at Myanmar’s notorious Insein prison shot seven political prisoners dead under murky circumstances on Valentine’s Day last year, sources with ties to the victims’ families and prisoner watchdog groups told RFA Burmese on Wednesday.
Myanmar : Insein, le visage carcéral de la junte birmane
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
Myanmar : les tribunaux de la junte ont prononcé 65 condamnations à mort
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
Myanmar : Aung San Suu Kyi inculpée pour corruption
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
Myanmar: condenan a dos años de prisión a uno de los líderes de la Liga nacional para la democracia de Suu Kyi
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi y otras personas, detenidas en el golpe militar en curso
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
Myanmar : notorious prison presents a friendlier face to inmates
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 an…Myanmar: prison strikes and riot following ‘unfair’ presidential pardon
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 S…