22 results
Search : myanmar
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…
Read more
Myanmar: In Myanmar’s Insein Prison, inmates shared bath water and were denied medical care
Myanmar: In Myanmar’s Insein Prison, inmates shared bath water and were denied medical care
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
Myanmar: don’t let the junta normalize cruelty
Myanmar: don’t let the junta normalize cruelty
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
Myanmar : Aung San Suu Kyi inculpée pour corruption
Myanmar : Aung San Suu Kyi inculpée pour corruption
Read more
Myanmar: 120 political prisoners released from Dawei Prison
Myanmar: 120 political prisoners released from Dawei Prison
Read more
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.
Read more
Myanmar : Insein, le visage carcéral de la junte birmane
Myanmar : Insein, le visage carcéral de la junte birmane
Read more
Myanmar: junta suspends trials inside Insein prison due to COVID-19
Myanmar: junta suspends trials inside Insein prison due to COVID-19
Read more
Myanmar: student activists, journalists being mistreated in Insein prison, say family members
Myanmar: student activists, journalists being mistreated in Insein prison, say family members
Read more
Myanmar : les tribunaux de la junte ont prononcé 65 condamnations à mort
Myanmar : les tribunaux de la junte ont prononcé 65 condamnations à mort
Read more
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
Read more
Myanmar: condenan a dos años de prisión a uno de los líderes de la Liga nacional para la democracia de Suu Kyi
Myanmar: condenan a dos años de prisión a uno de los líderes de la Liga nacional para la democracia
Read more
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.
Read more