The government-backed political prisoner scrutiny committee has been asked to push for the release of former prime minister and spy chief Khin Nyunt’s son-in-law
Phyo Wei Aung, who was controversially convicted of masterminding a bomb attack in Rangoon in 2010 but recently released from jail, has today appealed to Burma’s Supreme Court to have his guilty verdict overturned
Burmese officials arrested and temporarily incarcerated 20 activists on Friday before the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the military’s crackdown on students in 1962 this weekend
After being given a life sentence in 2003, two officials from the New Mon State Party were freed as their group continues to hold talks with the government
