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Nearly 70 political prisoners freed in Burma
The Burmese government on Friday released another 69 political prisoners, including prominent anti-mine activist Naw Ohn Hla, marking the country’s latest efforts to appease western governments.
Factory workers end strike
Striking workers from the Home Shin cold storage factory closed down their rally site outside City Hall in Rangoon after successfully negotiating terms with the factory owner and officials from the Labour Ministry.
Jailed anti-mine activist Naw Ohn Hla transferred
The recently imprisoned Burmese activist Naw Ohn Hla has been transferred to a new jail with better health care facilities, fuelling speculation that she has been refusing food.
Latpadaung protestor sentenced to two years for sedition
Naw Ohn Hla was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment with labour under a charge of sedition in a highly controversial trial in Monywa on Thursday.
Women’s group slams ‘violent’ arrest of Latpadaung activists
Thailand-based Women’s League of Burma condemns the Monywa police department, saying it used excessive force during the arrest of 10 female activists protesting against the Latpadaung Copper Mine.
Rights group to sue police for ‘sexually assaulting’ trans-women
LGBT activists are planning to take legal action against Mandalay’s police force following reports that the department’s officers sexually humiliated and physically assaulted a group of transgender women
