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    Shan leader ‘losing hair and weight’

    Feb 9, 2010 (DVB), A senior member of the Shan political party that came second in the 1990 Burma elections is reportedly in declining health, five years into a 79-year[…]

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    Sixteen political prisoners denied lawyers

    Dec 15, 2009 (DVB), Restrictions have been placed on the permits of lawyers representing 16 political prisoners at a trial in central Burma, while family members have been barred from[…]

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    British govt launches innovative Burma campaign

    Dec 11, 2009 (DVB), The British government has teamed up with two prominent rights groups to highlight the story of Burma's political prisoners in a bid to pressure the ruling[…]

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    Iconic 1988 student leader ‘very ill’

    Nov 25, 2009 (DVB), The imprisoned leader of the 88 Generation Students activist group, instrumental in the infamous 1988 uprising in Burma, is in need of immediate medical assistance, his[…]

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    Imprisoned female activist ‘too weak to speak’

    Nov 6, 2009 (DVB), The health of a female activist serving a five-year prison sentence in central Burma is rapidly deteriorating, according to family members who visited her last week.[…]

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    ‘They forced me to kneel like a dog’

    Nov 2, 2009 (DVB), The Obama administration has a mountain to climb in order to secure the release of political prisoners in Burma, with a military government aggressively preparing for[…]

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    Torture used on ‘ordinary criminals’ in Burma

    Oct 29, 2009 (DVB), Victims of state-sanctioned torture in Burma range from the elderly to teenage girls who lack any sort of institutional measures to tackle the problem, an investigation[…]

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    15-year sentence for displaying a poster

    Oct 28, 2009 (DVB), A courtroom in Rangoon has handed down a 15-year sentence to a man arrested after putting up a poster calling for the release of political prisoners[…]

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    Zarganar receives PEN/Pinter award

    Oct 16, 2009 (DVB), Imprisoned Burmese comedian and satirist Zarganar has been chosen by one of Britain's top poets to receive the prestigious PEN/Pinter award. The award, named after the[…]

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    Burma opposition welcomes prisoner amnesty

    Sept 24, 2009 (DVB), Burma's main opposition party yesterday welcomed the recent amnesty of nearly 130 political prisoners but called for the release of all those remaining in prison. A[…]

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    More than 100 political prisoners released

    Sept 21, 2009 (DVB), At least 115 activists, politicians and journalists were among the 7000 prisoners released by the Burmese junta last week, according to an exiled prisoner advocacy group.[…]

    News Politics

    Burmese political prisoner count ‘doubled’ since 2007

    Sept 16, 2009 (DVB), The number of political prisoners in Burma has more than doubled in the past two years, according to a report published by a New York-based rights[…]

    News Politics

    Visitors told of Burma prisoner amnesty

    Aug 5, 2009 (DVB), A list of political prisoners to be released in an amnesty has already been drawn up by the Burmese government, according to family members visiting political[…]

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    Prisoner amnesties only offer false hope

    Alex EllgeeJuly 16, 2009 (DVB), As Burma's UN ambassador finished his brief interjection to the Security Council earlier this week, news headlines leapt on the pledge that Burma was due[…]

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    Prisoner amnesties only offer false hope

    Alex EllgeeJuly 16, 2009 (DVB), As Burma's UN ambassador finished his brief interjection to the Security Council earlier this week, news headlines leapt on the pledge that Burma was due[…]

    News Politics

    87-year-old opposition member imprisoned

    July 14, 2009 (DVB), An elderly member of Burma's opposition National League for Democracy party who is said to be in declining health was yesterday sentenced to two years in[…]

    News Politics

    Burma prisoner amnesty ‘to avoid Security Council action’

    July 14, 2009 (DVB), Burma is setting in motion plans to release prisoners in lieu of the 2010 elections, said the Burmese ambassador to the UN yesterday at a Security[…]

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    Political prisoners moved to Insein’s dog quarters

    June 19, 2009 (DVB), Around 20 political prisoners in Rangoon's Insein prison have been placed in detention inside the prison's canine quarters, according to the wife of one of the[…]

    News Politics

    Lengthy sentences for opposition prayer arrestees

    June 18, 2009 (DVB), Two members of the opposition National League for Democracy party arrested after praying for the release of political prisoners in Burma have each been sentenced to[…]

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    680,000 signatures delivered to UN chief

    June 17, 2009 (DVB), A petition carrying nearly 680,000 signatures has been delivered to the UN Secretary General demanding that he make the release of political prisoners in Burma a[…]

    News Politics

    Burmese junta cracks down on Suu Kyi’s party

    June 15, 2009 (DVB), Three members of the National League for Democracy were arrested last week on unspecified charges while another elderly member had his property vandalised by men armed[…]

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    Political prisoners put in solitary confinement

    June 15, 2009 (DVB), Five political prisoners in Burma's Insein prison have been put in solitary confinement after prison authorities suspected them of planning to demonstrate against the trial of[…]

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    Release of political prisoners ‘a UN priority’

    June 10, 2009 (DVB), Campaigners in Britain have called on United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon to make the release of political prisoners in Burma, many of whom are being denied[…]

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    Health crisis for Burma’s political prisoners

    May 12, 2009 (DVB), Systematic torture and denial of healthcare to political prisoners in Burma has caused a spiraling health crisis, while dissenters are being imprisoned with increasing frequency, said[…]

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    Lawyers’ group slams ruling

    May 5, 2009 (DVB), The secretary of an exiled Burmese lawyers group recently declared illegal by the Burmese government has reacted to the ruling by saying that the government is[…]

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    Exiled lawyers group declared illegal

    May 1, 2009 (DVB), A Burmese lawyers group who recently called for an end to the Unlawful Association Act, under which many dissidents have been sentenced, were today declared an[…]

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    Released lawyer speaks of imprisonment

    Apr 30, 2009 (DVB), A human rights lawyer released earlier this week after a serving a sixth-month sentence for contempt of court has said that he was prevented from exercising[…]

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    Solo demonstrator sentenced to one year

    Apr 29, 2009 (DVB), A tutor who was arrested in March for staging a solo demonstration calling for the release of political prisoners has been sentenced to a year in[…]

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    Zarganar and imprisoned cyclone helpers in poor health

    Apr 24, 2009 (DVB), Renowned comedian Zarganar, who was sentenced last year to 35 years in prison for speaking to foreign media following cyclone Nargis, is in poor health, said[…]

    News Politics

    Lawyers group request abolition of Unlawful Association Act

    Mar 30, 2009 (DVB), A Thailand-based Burmese lawyers group has requested that Burma's ruling junta abolish the Unlawful Association Act under which many political dissidents have been sentenced to imprisonment.[…]

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