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    Tagged: insein prison

    Human Rights Lead Story News

    Beatings, extortion still commonplace at Insein penitentiary: ex-prisoner

    One former political prisoner describes a tiered system of abuse within Insein Prison, Burma’s most infamous correctional facility on the outskirts of Rangoon.

    Lead Story News Politics

    NLD has responsibility to define ‘political prisoners’: AAPP

    “They [NLD] should seek to propose a definition for what exactly constitutes a political prisoner.”

    Lead Story Mandalay Division News Religion

    Dutchman faces 2 years for insulting Buddhism

    Klaas Haijtema, 30, is alleged to have walked into a dharma hall during chanting, with his shoes on. He then pulled out the plug connected to the speaker.

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    Lead Story News Pegu Division

    1 inmate killed as prison van crashes on Pegu highway

    A truck transferring female inmates between Prome and Thayet prisons in Pegu Division has crashed on a highway, leaving one dead.

    Lead Story News Politics

    NLD govt has released 457 political prisoners

    The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs said 274 political cases had been closed in the first 100 days of the new government.

    Lead Story News Protest

    More charges heaped on Gambira

    “I am sad as all this is happening just when I was due to be released,” said Gambira, speaking at the Thanlyin township court on Thursday.

    Lead Story News Protest

    Gambira faces extended term in prison

    The fresh charges against the former monk come just three days before his due date for release, after serving a six-month sentence on an immigration charge.

    Human Rights Lead Story News

    UN’s Yanghee Lee visits Insein prison

    Lee reportedly questioned whether female inmates are being subjected to pregnancy tests, suggesting that this is a violation of human rights.

    Lead Story News

    New Zealander jailed in Burma to be released Friday

    Phil Blackwood, a New Zealand national incarcerated in Rangoon’s Insein Prison since December 2014, was released in a Presidential Amnesty on Friday.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Independent candidate arrested for sedition

    Myat Nu Khine, an independent candidate in Pegu constituency, has been arrested and charged for her alleged involvement in a protest last year.

    Law Lead Story News Religion

    Blackwood ‘malnourished, suffering mental stress’

    New Zealand bar-restaurant manager has lost over 30 kg in weight and needs to take anti-depressants while in Insein Prison, says family.

    Lead Story Logging Media News Politics

    5 journalists among political prisoners released

    Five journalists were among at least 13 political prisoners released as pardons are granted to 6,996 inmates across Burma in a presidential amnesty.

    Lead Story News Politics

    49 activists arrested last month: AAPP

    Report says Burma currently holds 163 political prisoners, adding that 442 non-detained activists are awaiting trial, 49 of whom were charged in May.

    Education Lead Story News Protest

    ‘Fugitive’ ABFSU member taken to Insein prison after police arrest

    A warrant for the arrest of nineteen-year-old Yadana Su Po Khine, also known as Po Po, was issued last month.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Photo campaign seeks release of political prisoners

    Activist groups AAPP and FPPO re-launch a photograph campaign calling for the release of the remaining political prisoners in Burma.

    Law Lead Story News Religion

    Buddha Bar storm: lawyers refuse to represent Blackwood

    Four lawyers have refused to represent Phil Blackwood, a New Zealand citizen detained in Insein Prison on charges of insulting religion, because they believe the case is “too sensitive”.

    Three face jail after Buddha Bar post causes religious outcry video

    Lead Story News Rangoon Religion

    Three face jail after Buddha Bar post causes religious outcry

    Three men, including a New Zealander, are charged under Burma’s Religion Act after posting a picture of Buddha as part of nightclub marketing.

    Protest leaders sentenced to 3 months in prison video

    Lead Story News Politics Video

    Protest leaders sentenced to 3 months in prison

    Activists Nay Myo Zin and Win Cho have been sentenced to three months imprisonment for leading a protest calling for farmers’ rights.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Seven political prisoners released

    Burma has released seven political prisoners since it announced a presidential amnesty, but many more are expected in the days ahead.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Political prisoners to be honoured post-mortem

    The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners-Burma and Former Political Prisoners Society will provide a certificate of honour and a donation of one million kyat to each of the families of some 50 political activists who died in Burmese prisons during the period of military junta rule since 1988.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Ne Win’s grandson urges govt to free more prisoners, including convicts

    Released on Friday from Insein prison after more than 10 years behind bars, Kyaw Ne Win urged the Burmese government to release not only all the political detainees, but other convicts “who deserve to be free”.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Ex-political prisoners detail torture methods at Insein

    Former political prisoners hold a press conference for the first time in 23 years to reveal how they were subjected to physical and psychological torture in Insein prison.

    News Politics

    Workers decry conditions, forced labour in Insein Prison

    Twelve factory employees, who are being held in remand after brawling with their supervisors, claim they are being treated unfairly and forced to work in Rangoon’s notorious prison

    News Politics

    Freed Rangoon bomber appeals guilty verdict

    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

    News Politics

    Political prisoner beaten at Insein

    Officials at Rangoon’s Insein prison beat a political prisoner, who was being transferred from Arakan state’s Sittwe prison to Pegu’s Tharawaddy prison, during a brief stopover at the facility on 31 July

    News Politics

    Top Karen leader facing treason charge

    Mahn Nyein Maung appears in Insein prison court facing a possible death sentence or life imprisonment as lawyer decries evidence

    Health News

    Tortured activist dies days after jail release

    Thet Nwe underwent bouts of severe torture and was sent to a psychiatric ward twice during his term in Insein prison before his 13 January release

    News Politics

    Jailed ex-army captain appeals verdict

    Nay Myo Zin, who became the first political prisoner of the new Burmese government, takes appeal to Supreme Court in Naypyidaw

    Health News

    Concern at Insein jailhouse surgery

    Former army captain Nay Myo Zin yet to receive treatment for fractured pelvis but family is concerned at quality of prison hospital

    News Politics

    Punishment of Insein hunger strikers begins

    Reports emerging that prison authorities have denied strikers drinking water and blocked family members from visiting Insein jail

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