Murder charge for ‘Rangoon bomber’
Phyo Wei Aung facing a raft of charges for the deadly Rangoon grenade attacks as wife claims he is being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day
Rangoon photographer sent to Insein jail
Father joins son in Burma’s notorious Insein prison and will face trial on 22 June after being arrested for photographing the Rangoon bombings in April
Blackouts unnerve Burma’s World Cup fans
Football fans resorting to massage parlours and karaoke bars to circumvent electricity shortages that threaten to spoil the quadrennial competetion
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Trade unions claim rights abuses
Trade union coalition in Burma complains that the ruling junta is failing to abide by domestic law as it continues to imprison labour activists
Burma intelligence probes political inmates
Political prisoners questioned by Special Branch police about their stance on the National League for Democracy’s boycott of elections this year
Water crisis hits Rangoon
Increasing electricity cuts mean Rangoon residents hit by heatwave are unable to pump already depleted water supplies to apartments
Rangoon photographer ‘was tortured’
Mother of Sithu Zeya says that he was beaten and denied food for several days after being arrested for photographing the Rangoon bombing aftermath
Win Tin allowed to leave Rangoon
Jan 19, 2010 (DVB), Renowned opposition politician Win Tin, who remains Burma's longest serving political prisoner, yesterday left Rangoon division for the first time since his release in September 2008.[…]
