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Prominent Monk, Others Receive Lengthy Prison Sentences (www.irrawaddy.org)

Ashin Gambira, one of the organizers of a monk-led uprising that captured international headlines last year, was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment on Tuesday by a special court convened behind closed... More

Tags: burma,monks,sanctions,resistance,prison,crackdown

Submitted 4 days ago by backhandpath | 0 Comments |

Prison cell museum opens in Mae Sot (www.csmonitor.com)

A simple museum tucked away on the Thai-Burmese border re-creates the infamous prisons of Burma.

Tags: prison,thailand,repression,junta,human rights,aappb,resistance,education,media

Submitted 2 months ago by beagle17 | 0 Comments |

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