Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Some of the 17 male political prisoners who have staged a hunger-strike and made a six-point demand for improvements in prison conditions are likely to be transferred from Insein Prison to other prisons, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners–Burma.
Secretary Tate Naing said on Tuesday that on the second day of the hunger strike Insein Prison authorities sent nine of the 17 political prisoners to the ‘military-dog cell', a small room about 8 x 10 feet and the remaining protesters were told to prepare to move.Similarly, five political prisoners who staged a sit-in strike in their prison cells are on the list to be transferred to other prisons, according to Tate Naing. They are serving prison terms of 3 to 57 years.
Their demands included clean and nutritious food, obtaining adequate medical care and allowing prisoners to read books and the right to study languages.
Similarly, a seven-day hunger strike staged by seven female prisoners including three political prisoners, which began on May 17, ended on Tuesday, sources said.
After foreign-based media reported on the hunger strike in the prison, the authorities have tightened security and clamped down on the flow of information.
