Reports emerging that prison authorities have denied strikers drinking water and blocked family members from visiting Insein jail
Tag: hunger strike
Hunger strike underway in Insein prison
Fifteen political prisoners in Rangoon jail say decision not to allow inmates’ right to reduction in sentences goes against penal law
Insein prison rejects strikers’ demands
Domestic news journals forced to publish official article outlining why demands for improvement to prison conditions were refused
Hunger strike spreads to remote jails
Prisoners in Kale jail near to Burma’s border with India refusing food since last week after government fails to reply to protest letter
Veteran politicians call for end to hunger strike
Sep 9, 2008 (DVB), Veteran politicians in Burma on Monday released a statement expressing their concern about rumours that detained opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been staging…
Htin Kyaw on hunger strike
Dec 6, 2007 (DVB), Prominent activist Htin Kyaw has vowed to continue with a hunger strike to call for the release of political prisoners, even though his health is suffering.…