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Myanmar : activists report dire state of Myanmar’s prison system
Myanmar : activists report dire state of Myanmar’s prison system
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…
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Myanmar: prisoners to be allowed to join in religious activities
Myanmar: prisoners to be allowed to join in religious activities
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.
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Myanmar: they documented a massacre. Their prize is a prison cell.
Myanmar: they documented a massacre. Their prize is a prison cell.
The two journalists, who were investigating a massacre of 10 Muslim Rohingya men in Rakhine State, face up to 14 years in prison under the British colonial-era secrets act.
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Myanmar: three prisons to double their inmate capacity
Myanmar: three prisons to double their inmate capacity
Myanmar is expanding its prison capacity in an effort to relieve chronic overcrowding pressures. New wings are set to double the size of three facilities, a prisons department official said.
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Myanmar : notorious prison presents a friendlier face to inmates
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 and…
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Myanmar: prison strikes and riot following ‘unfair’ presidential pardon
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 Substances…
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Myanmar: despite calls for reform, prisoners continue hard labour in shackles
Myanmar: despite calls for reform, prisoners continue hard labour in shackles
Months after a report on abuses and corruption in prison labour camps prompted calls for reforms and investigations, little has changed.
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Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi y otras personas, detenidas en el golpe militar en curso
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi y otras personas, detenidas en el golpe militar en curso
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Bangladesh : Footage shows 'prison-like units' built for Rohingya on Bangladesh island
of the 700,000 Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar and are now living
Exclusive footage obtained by the Guardian has revealed the stark concrete camps being built for the Rohingya on a sediment island in Bangladesh, as part of a controversial plan to relocate hundreds of thousands of refugees.
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Bangladesh: Biometric prisoner database to enhance prison management
Rohingya ethnic minority displaced from Myanmar, to prevent refugee voting fraud.Read original article
Bangladesh has developed a biometric-enabled prisoner database management system in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
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Hong Kong imprisons more women per capita than any other country
Asia – Hong Kong, Laos, Myanmar and Macau – are ranked in the top five in terms of percentage of women
One-fifth of Hong Kong’s prison population is female, the highest proportion of any major country in the world. Activists say local laws are stacked against women, in particular foreign women.
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