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The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) (AAPP) today strongly condemned the widespread
ongoing use of torture against political detainees in Burma.
New testimony from political prisoners released under a general amnesty last week underlines the systematic patterns of abuse and torture of political detainees. Read the full statement at www.aappb.org
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Ashin Issariya (aka) King Zero, a leader of the Saffron Revolution, talks about what the world should do to help bring peace to Burma.
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Burma political prisoners' rights group: prisoner releases “cynical ploy to ease international pressure” [Mae Sot, Thailand]
The
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) (AAPP) today
confirmed that 127 political prisoners have been released from prisons
in Burma. Last Thursday evening in Ra...ngoon, state-run MRTV carried a
news bulletin announcing that 7,114 prisoners were to be released “on
humanitarian grounds.”
43 members
of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League
for Democracy (NLD) party were released, including three MPs. However,
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, her personal assistant U Win Htein and NLD
Vice-Chairman U Tin Oo all remain in detention. No leading opposition
figures were released in the amnesty.
AAPP
Secretary Tate Naing said, “Important political figures like Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi, Shan National League for Democracy leader U Khun Tun Oo,
88 Generation Students leader Min Ko Naing and other prominent
activists are still in prison, because the regime perceives them as a
threat to its absolute power.”
22
women, four monks, and four journalists were released. The journalists
included Eint Khaing Oo and Kyaw Kyaw Thant, arrested for their efforts
to help a group of Cyclone Nargis survivors. Also released were U
Peter and Daw Nu Nu Swe, arrested and sentenced to six years
imprisonment after they refused to open the door to security forces who
were searching for their son, Sithu Maung. A leader of the All Burma
Federation of Student Unions, 22 year-old Sithu Maung was arrested at a
different location and is currently serving a jail term of 11 years and
6 months in the remote Buthidaung prison for his role in protests in
August and September 2007.
“We
are happy for those political prisoners released, and for their loved
ones. But from a political perspective, this is just a cynical ploy
designed to ease international pressure. There can be no real progress
towards democracy in our country until all political prisoners are
released,” Tate Naing continued.
According
to AAPP, more than 2,000 political prisoners remain in jail, including
at least 124 activists who are in poor health.
Since
November 2004 there have been a total of six amnesties for prisoners.
According to the ruling State Peace and Development Council’s own
figures, 45,732 prisoners were released under those amnesties.
According to AAPP, only 1.3% of them were political prisoners.
The
latest amnesty was expected. In mid-July the Burmese permanent
representative to the U.N., U Than Swe, said the regime was ‘processing
to grant amnesty to prisoners on humanitarian grounds’. U Than Swe’s
comments came in response to a briefing given by UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon on his visit to the country earlier in July. The amnesty
also comes shortly before the opening of this year’s UN General
Assembly session to be attended by General Thein Sein, the
junta-appointed Prime Minister.-ENDS-Read More
The
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) (AAPP) today
confirmed that 127 political prisoners have been released from prisons
in Burma. Last Thursday evening in Ra...ngoon, state-run MRTV carried a
news bulletin announcing that 7,114 prisoners were to be released “on
humanitarian grounds.”
43 members
of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League
for Democracy (NLD) party were released, including three MPs. However,
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, her personal assistant U Win Htein and NLD
Vice-Chairman U Tin Oo all remain in detention. No leading opposition
figures were released in the amnesty.
AAPP
Secretary Tate Naing said, “Important political figures like Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi, Shan National League for Democracy leader U Khun Tun Oo,
88 Generation Students leader Min Ko Naing and other prominent
activists are still in prison, because the regime perceives them as a
threat to its absolute power.”
22
women, four monks, and four journalists were released. The journalists
included Eint Khaing Oo and Kyaw Kyaw Thant, arrested for their efforts
to help a group of Cyclone Nargis survivors. Also released were U
Peter and Daw Nu Nu Swe, arrested and sentenced to six years
imprisonment after they refused to open the door to security forces who
were searching for their son, Sithu Maung. A leader of the All Burma
Federation of Student Unions, 22 year-old Sithu Maung was arrested at a
different location and is currently serving a jail term of 11 years and
6 months in the remote Buthidaung prison for his role in protests in
August and September 2007.
“We
are happy for those political prisoners released, and for their loved
ones. But from a political perspective, this is just a cynical ploy
designed to ease international pressure. There can be no real progress
towards democracy in our country until all political prisoners are
released,” Tate Naing continued.
According
to AAPP, more than 2,000 political prisoners remain in jail, including
at least 124 activists who are in poor health.
Since
November 2004 there have been a total of six amnesties for prisoners.
According to the ruling State Peace and Development Council’s own
figures, 45,732 prisoners were released under those amnesties.
According to AAPP, only 1.3% of them were political prisoners.
The
latest amnesty was expected. In mid-July the Burmese permanent
representative to the U.N., U Than Swe, said the regime was ‘processing
to grant amnesty to prisoners on humanitarian grounds’. U Than Swe’s
comments came in response to a briefing given by UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon on his visit to the country earlier in July. The amnesty
also comes shortly before the opening of this year’s UN General
Assembly session to be attended by General Thein Sein, the
junta-appointed Prime Minister.-ENDS-Read More
Source: www.aappb.org
Free Burma's Political Prisoners Now! 126 political prisoners have been released from 24 different prisons in Burma. They include: 43 NLD members, including 3 MPs; 23 women; 13 students; 12 former political prisoners; 10 members of the Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Network; 6 members of the 88 Generation Students; 4 monks; 4 journalists; and 1 lawyer.
Source: www.aappb.org
Free Burma's Political Prisoners Now! 104 political prisoners have been released from 22 different prisons in Burma. The 104 released include 37 members of the NLD, including 3 MPs; 18 women; 11 former political prisoners; 4 monks; 4 journalists; 9 members of the Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Network; 6 members of the 88 Generation Students; and 1 lawyer.
Free Burma's Political Prisoners Now! So far 87 political prisoners have been released from 16 different prisons in Burma. The 87 released include 36 members of the National League for Democracy, including 3 MPs; 15 women; 11 former political prisoners; 4 monks; 4 journalists; 6 members of the 88 Generation Students; and 1 lawyer.
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At
least 76 political prisoners released... 33 NLD members including 3
MPs, 15 women, 4 monks, 4 journalists, 4 88 Generation Students
members, 10 former political prisoners... please check www.aappb.org for the latest information
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Simon Tisdall: This trial highlights the plight not only of Aung San Suu Kyi but also of other political prisoners brutally treated in Burma
Free Burma's Political Prisoners Now! Summary of the first day of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's trial, due to resume tomorrow at 10am.
Source: www.fbppn.net
The first day of the trial against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, her colleagues Daw Khin Khin Win and Daw Win Ma Ma and US citizen John William Yettaw began today at 10.30 am and finished this afternoon at around 2pm local time.
Free Burma's Political Prisoners Now! News about Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's trial - Part 1.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial Monday in a notorious prison ringed by riot police and barbed wire as activists vowed to stage protests across the country until she is freed.
Free Burma's Political Prisoners Now! The regime has released Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's family doctor, ahead of her trial which is due to begin on Monday.
Source: english.aljazeera.net
Military rulers release personal physician of jailed democracy leader ahead of trial.
Free Burma's Political Prisoners Now! Lawyer U Aung Thein, part of the legal advisory team for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, has had his licence to practise law revoked.
Source: www.fbppn.net
[Mae Sot, Thailand] The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) has learned that lawyer U Aung Thein has had his licence to practise law revoked by the authorities, on grounds that he was not abiding by professional ethics.
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