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    TV show depicts 'progress' in Burma's prisons
    September 6, 2016in Human Rights, Lead Story, Media, News204by SWE WIN / MYANMAR NOW
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    TV show depicts 'progress' in Burma's prisons

    A new weekly programme broadcast by SkyNet, in cooperation with the Ministry of Home Affairs, purports to show improving conditions in Burma’s notorious prison system.

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    Pair arrested for breaking out prisoner in Shan State
    June 19, 2015in Crime, Lead Story, News, Shan71by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Pair arrested for breaking out prisoner in Shan State

    Police in Shan State say they have apprehended two of the men responsible for freeing a man from a prison truck in Taunggyi.

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    Families of stranded Kawthaung prisoners raise complaint with president
    September 26, 2013in Lead Story, News, Society135by YUZANA KO KO
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    Families of stranded Kawthaung prisoners raise complaint with president

    Some 120 inmates have been stranded for seven days on an island near Moulmein while being transferred from Kawthaung prison following a riot.

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    March 2, 2010in News, Politics2by NanKhamKaew
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    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

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    November 6, 2009in News, Politics1by Staff Reporter
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    Imprisoned female activist 'too weak to speak'

    Nov 6, 2009 (DVB), The health of a female activist serving a five-year prison sentence in central Burma is rapidly deteriorating, according to family members who visited her last week.…

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    October 7, 2009in News, Politics21by Staff Reporter
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    Youth activist's sentence extended by 10 years

    Oct 7, 2009 (DVB), A Burmese youth activist currently serving eight years in Rangoon's notorious Insein prison yesterday had his sentence extended by 10 years, sources close to his family…

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    Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) receives 2023 Geuzen Medal

    Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) receives…

    January 27, 2023by English Editor
    Opium Production Surging in Burma, states UNODC

    Opium Production Surging in Burma, states UNODC

    January 27, 2023by English Editor
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