AAPP report on political prisoners March 2018
April 18, 2018There are 248 individuals oppressed in Burma due to political activities. 54 political prisoners are serving prison sentences, 74 are awaiting trial inside prison, 120 are awaiting trial outside prison. In March, 39 people were arrested. Of these, 37 w …
“No one was left”: death and violence against the Rohingya – MSF
April 17, 2018Six health surveys conducted by Medecins sans Frontieres in Cox’s Bazar in November 2017 indicate that at least 9,400 people died in the first month following the upsurge of violence in Rakhine State, including at least 6,700 killed, among them at leas …
Political Prisoners Remain Behind Bars on the Fourth Anniversary of U Win Tin’s Death
April 16, 2018Ahead of Blue Shirt Day, this briefing looks at the situation of political prisoners in Burma. Two years since the NLD-led government took power, there are still political prisoners in jail and people are still being arrested because of their political …
AAPP report on political prisoners February 2018
March 16, 2018There are 240 individuals oppressed in Burma due to political activities. 44 are currently serving prison sentences, 75 are awaiting trial inside prison, 121 are awaiting trial outside prison. In February 36 people were arrested, 28 by the Kachin Indep …
Remaking Rakhine State: Amnesty International’s new report
March 13, 2018Six months after the military launched a scorched-earth campaign to drive the Rohingya population out of Myanmar, efforts to remake the region are well underway, according to Amnesty International’s new report. The scale of the change is matched only b …
AAPP report on political prisoners January 2018
February 16, 2018There are 229 individuals oppressed in Burma due to political activities. 45 are currently serving prison sentences, 51 are awaiting trial inside prison, 133 are awaiting trial outside prison. In January, 11 people were arrested. Five were charged, car …
AAPP report on political prisoners December 2017
January 17, 2018There are 236 individuals oppressed in Burma due to political activities. 46 are currently serving prison sentences, 52 are awaiting trial inside prison, 138 are awaiting trial outside prison. In December, eight people were arrested, two of whom were s …
“Caged without a roof”: Amnesty says attacks on Rohingya amount to apartheid
December 14, 2017Amnesty International’s new report exposes the human rights crisis that was, and remains, the backdrop to the Rohingya crisis. The report maps in detail the violations, in particular discrimination and racially-based restrictions in law, policy and pra …
AAPP report on political prisoners November 2017
December 13, 2017There are 228 individuals oppressed in Burma due to political activities. 46 are currently serving prison sentences, 49 are awaiting trial inside prison, 133 are awaiting trial outside prison. In November, three people were arrested, three people were …
Suffering in shadows: displaced persons in Kachin and northern Shan States
December 12, 2017Refugees Interntional’s field report says reductions in international aid, waning attention, and dramatically increased restrictions on assistance by the government is creating a desperate and unsustainable situation for displaced persons in Kachin and …