political prisoners in Myanmar

04 August 2023
More than 500 prisoners, including about 40 political prisoners were released from five...
Photo: EPA
31 July 2023
The National League for Democracy (NLD) Central Working Committee has stated that it will...
07 July 2023
A political prisoner, U Sein Win, was tortured to death by the Myanmar junta in Myingyan...
12 May 2023
Win Mya Mya, vice chairperson of the Mandalay regional office of the National League for...
Picture taken on August 5, 2010 shows Myanmar singer Saw Phoe Kwar posing at his house in Yangon. Photo: AFP
29 November 2022
Civil Society Organisation Progressive Voice has said that this month’s release of 161...
United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar, Noeleen Heyzer (C) visits a Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhia on August 23, 2022. Photo: AFP
20 November 2022
The UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer said she was...
20 November 2022
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) has issued a statement on the...
People gather around a bus carrying inmates as they are released from the Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar, 17 November 2022. Photo: EPA
20 November 2022
Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) has issued a statement calling for the release...
Prison officials stand guard as they prepare for the release of prisoners outside of the Insein Prison in Yangon on April 17. Photo: AFP
18 April 2022
Families of detained Myanmar protesters had their hopes dashed Sunday after political...
Japanese journalist Yuki Kitazumi, who was arrested by security forces while covering the aftermath of the Myanmar coup, speaks to the media upon his arrival at Narita Airport in Narita, Chiba prefecture on May 14, 2021, after charges against him were dropped as a diplomatic gesture. Photo: AFP
22 May 2021
Political prisoners in a notorious Myanmar jail told a Japanese journalist briefly...
An aerial view of Insein prison in Yangon. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
17 January 2021
Myanmar has a new government, due to shortly take up their seat, but 601 people in the...