Feb 17, 2009 (DVB), United Nations special rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana went to Rangoon's Insein prison yesterday as part of his six-day visit to Burma to assess human rights developments in the country. Quintana arrived at the prison at about 3.30pm local time in a convoy of 11 cars headed by two motorcycles, an eyewitness …
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Lawyers denied entry to Insein prison court
Feb 12, 2009 (DVB), Six members of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions and four others who were arrested after helping victims of Cyclone Nargis appeared in Insein prison court without their lawyers on 10 February. Phyo Phyo Aung, her father Dr Ne Win, Shein Yarzar, Aung Thant Zin Oo, Aung Kyaw San, Phone …
Detained MPs charged in Insein prison court
Jan 6, 2009 (DVB), Elected members of parliament Dr Tin Min Htut and Nyi Pu appeared before Insein prison special court yesterday charged with sedition and disrupting the national convention. Nyi Pu is the elected representative for Gwa township and an Arakan National League for Democracy organising committee member, while Dr Tin Min Htut is …
U Win Tin released from Insein prison
Sep 23, 2008 (DVB), Veteran journalist and National League for Democracy member U Win Tin has reportedly been released from Insein prison after 19 years behind bars, as part of a government amnesty. A witness told DVB he saw U Win Tin leaving Insein prison in the front seat of a white Toyota Hilux at …
Political prisoners tortured in Insein prison: AAPP
May 28, 2008 (DVB), Six political prisoners in Insein prison have been beaten, shackled and held in solitary confinement, according to an information release issued by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners yesterday. AAPP said six prisoners from Insein prison's No. 5 ward had been put in solitary confinement as a punishment for refusing to …
Four Insein prisoners die during interrogation
May 7, 2008 (DVB)-Four Insein prison inmates reportedly died during questioning as authorities investigated a riot in the prison, while another 98 have been held in punishment cells. In a statement released yesterday, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners gave further details of the riot in the early hours of Saturday morning in which 36 …