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No Sign of Progress in Burma (www.asiantribune.com)

Feelings are running high with people of Burma because of a sad story. Tin Tin Htwe, 38, from Bahan Township in Rangoon, reportedly died of a heart disease.

Tags: burma,monks,crackdown,prisoners

Submitted 2 months ago by backhandpath | 0 Comments |

Secret video reveals Burma's crackdown on monks (www.abc.net.au)

A hidden camera has provided a rare glimpse inside Burma's mental health system which is used to incarcerate opposition figures and politically active monks.

Tags: burma,democracy movement,resistance movement,aung san suu kyi,junta,monks,mental institutions,prisoners

Submitted 3 months ago by backhandpath | 0 Comments |

Burma announces amnesty for 7114 prisoners (www.mizzima.com)

The Burmese military junta on Thursday announced amnesty for 7114 prisoners, saying it was on humanitarian grounds and to enable the prisoners to serve national interest. The announcement, which... More

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Submitted 6 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

68 Released Burmese Prisoners Return Home (www.narinjara.com)

68 Burmese nationals were able to return home yesterday from Bangladesh after languishing in Bangladesh prisons for many years.

Tags: prisoners,bangladesh,release

Submitted 10 months ago by mbentson | 0 Comments |

Relatives of Unreleased Prisoners Go Home Disappointed (www.irrawaddy.org)

When Burma’s state-run media announced an amnesty for more than 6,000 prisoners on Saturday, the families of many political detainees flocked to the prison gates chasing a faint glimmer of hope. On... More

Tags: insein prison,prisoners,elections,politics

Submitted about 1 year ago by mbentson | 0 Comments |

Burma’s Man-Made Suffering (www.irrawaddy.org)

On February 3, UN Special Envoy Gambari concluded his seventh official trip to Burma. He managed to meet with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and senior members of the NLD, who declared that the release of the... More

Tags: irrawaddy,prisoners,rohingya migrants,politics

Submitted about 1 year ago by mbentson | 0 Comments |

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