Riot police beat women bystanders
Footage obtained by DVB shows riot police in Ma-Ubin beat two women who appear to be standing by peacefully. Land activists and police clashed on Tuesday over the confiscation of[…]
NLD member’s relatives jailed after being assaulted
Jan 27, 2009 (DVB), The mother and uncle of a National League for Democracy member from Hlegu township in Rangoon who were beaten up by a local family have been[…]
Commodity protestor beaten in Bago prison
Jan 8, 2009 (DVB), Detained commodity protester Aung Kyaw Oo, who has now been sent to the remote Pu-Tao prison, has told his wife he was badly beaten when he[…]
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Volunteer police officer beaten under interrogation
Nov 20, 2008 (DVB), Several volunteer police officers in Rangoon’s Thanlyin township have quit the force in disappointment after police beat up a member of the unpaid squad, according to[…]
Kachin village chair beaten by troops
Oct 17, 2008 (DVB), A village chairperson from Moe-mauk township in Kachin state was seriously injured after being beaten by government troops at a military checkpoint on 14 October. Narlone[…]
Military officer injures two youths in Bago
Oct 17, 2008 (DVB), Two young people were seriously injured in Bago on Sunday when a military officer knocked one of them down with his moped and beat the other,[…]
NLD member charged after being beaten
Jul 4, 2008 (DVB), A National League for Democracy member in North Okkalapa township who monitored the vote counting at a local ballot station on 24 May was beaten up[…]
Suspected gang member dies under interrogation
Jun 25, 2008 (DVB), A man accused of involvement with a gang responsible for the theft of Buddha statues in Magwe division died last week after being beaten during an[…]
NLD member beaten during interrogation
Jan 31, 2008 (DVB), A Magwe division National League for Democracy member who was arrested on 11 January said that he suffered beatings and ill-treatment during his four-day interrogation. Ko[…]
