Former Army Captain arrested under the notorious Electronics act for possession of a document about national reconciliation, now awaiting a ‘special trial’ in Rangoon’s Insein Jail
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Bomb suspect lawyer ‘denied case report’
Eleven Karen youths in first hearing for alleged bomb plot but lawyer claims to know little about the details of the charges
Political inmates ‘face threats to life’
Political prisoners in Burma are being detained alongside death row convicts and face ‘life threatening’ conditions, a recently released inmate claims
Former Burmese minister dies in prison
Nov 5, 2009 (DVB), Burma's foreign minister Win Aung died yesterday in Rangoon's notorious Insein prison where he had been sentenced following the fall of former premier Khin Nyunt in…
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…
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…