More jailed students hospitalised
Four education activists jailed in central Burma since March have been transferred to hospital in Rangoon.
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Tharawaddy hunger striker hospitalised
A Tharawaddy prisoner staging a hunger strike has been transferred to Rangoon General Hospital, as his condition deteriorates dramatically.
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Election results 6
The Union Election Commission has released the sixth round of election results.
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Student activists denied countersue claim, bail
A court hearing took place at Tharawaddy township court on Tuesday for education reform activists detained in a police crackdown in Letpadan, Pegu Division, in March.
Female activists sentenced for prayer session in Mandalay
Three leading political activists in Mandalay have each been sentenced to four months in prison for staging a peaceful protest without permission in March.
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5 Tavoy student activists sentenced
Five members of the Tavoy University Students Union were sentenced on Wednesday for their involvement in an education law protests earlier this year.
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11 Letpadan activists granted bail
Tharawaddy district court on Tuesday granted bail to eleven activists arrested for participating in a student protest three months ago.
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INTERVIEW: DVB speaks to education reformist Dr Thein Lwin
‘Where to from here for Burma’s education reform movement?’
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Letpadan activists face solitary confinement
Seven activists incarcerated at Tharawaddy prison have been placed in solitary confinement as punishment for bringing in prohibited items.
Solo demonstrator sentenced for Tharawaddy protest
A solo demonstrator demanding the release of student activists has been sentenced to two years in prison for sedition.
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Letpadan activist rushed to hospital after second collapse in court
A student collapsed in court on Tuesday whilst attending a hearing for Letpadan education protestors at Tharawaddy township court.
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Bush honours Phyo Phyo Aung at graduation ceremony
Classmates from a Bush Institute education program celebrated their graduation yesterday, honouring absent Burmese student activist Phyo Phyo Aung.
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Family visits banned for Letpadan activists
35 activists have been banned from receiving prison visits amid allegations of family members smuggling prohibited items to their loved ones in jail.
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Activists seek bail at Tharawaddy court hearing
Around 70 activists appeared in Tharawaddy district court on 16 June for their seventh hearing.
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Hearing postponed after activist collapses at court
A hearing for education law protestors in Pegu Division is postponed after a defendant coughs up blood and collapses as he is being brought into court.
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The art of protest
An art exhibition is currently being held in Rangoon to call for the release of detained student activists and other political prisoners.
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Student protests: 13 denied bail
One activist faints at a pre-trial hearing at Tharawaddy court, allegedly from injuries sustained in the police crackdown in Letpadan on 10 March.
Tensions boil over as students brought to Tharawaddy court
Close to 70 jailed students were brought to the court for their sixth pre-trail hearing on Tuesday, facing five charges stemming from a March education reform rally which ended in chaos.
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High-school student released on bail from Tharawaddy trial
Sixteen-year-old Aung Min Khine, detained in the 10 March Letpadan crackdown, was granted bail in a court hearing on Tuesday due to his status as a minor.
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Education activists appear in Tharawaddy court
“We have been brought before the court many times, but our case is yet to be heard,” said detained student Yan Paing Soe.
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Students’ trial moved to Tharawaddy prison
Seventy education reform activists appeared in Letpadan court on Thursday for their third-pre trial hearing.
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Student protests: calls for ‘open and transparent’ trial
The trial of student activists being prosecuted for their part in an education reform protest in Letpadan is being transferred to a court in Tharawaddy.
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Letpadan students appear in court
Student activists appear in court in Letpadan, the day after twenty people were released from Tharawaddy prison.
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Release Letpadan bystanders, including 15-yr-old, say locals
A number of innocent witnesses are still being held by policy following Letpadan incident, including a teenager whose mother has not been able to see him.
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Two journalists released from Tharawaddy prison
Nyan Lin Tun of Myanmar Post and Phyo Aung Myint of Reporter are released from Tharawaddy prison, as are nine students detained after crackdown in Letpadan.
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12 Letpadan students released from prison
Some of those detained in the Letpadan protest crackdown are freed in Tharawaddy, as more student accounts of the violence emerge.
