AAPP report on Political Prisoners February 2015
March 25, 2015
As of the end of February, there are 170 political prisoners incarcerated in Burma, with 238 activists currently awaiting trial for political actions. The government continues to silence its critics…
AAPP report on Political Prisoners January 2015
February 16, 2015
As of the end of January, there are 159 political prisoners incarcerated in Burma, with 213 activists currently awaiting trial for political actions. The Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Act…
AAPP report on Political Prisoners December 2014
January 13, 2015
Summary of the Current Situation As of the end of December, 81 political activists remained in prison, with 78 farmers in jail. 203 people are awaiting trial. As another year…
AAPP report on Political Prisoners November 2014
December 10, 2014
This month, 17 political activists were charged and 7 sentenced, while 8 current political prisoners were released. AAPP also received information regarding one death resulting from police brutality, as well…
AAPP report on Political Prisoners October 2014
November 20, 2014
At the end of October, 75 political prisoners remain incarcerated in prison, with another 121 awaiting trial. In October, eight activists were charged, 26 were sentenced, and 21 released. Extrajudicial…
2014 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
October 21, 2014
Report by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, to the United Nations General Assembly. “The important transition and far-reaching reforms in Myanmar must…
AAPP report on Political Prisoners September 2014
October 6, 2014
In September, AAPP documented the sentencing of 11 political activists, the indictment of 13 individuals (including 2 detained), and the release of 2 political prisoners. As of end of September,…
AAPP report on Political Prisoners August 2014
September 6, 2014
In August, AAPP recorded the sentencing of 28 individuals for politically related activities, as well as the release of one political prisoner and the torture of five people. By the…
AAPP report on Political Prisoners July 2014
August 7, 2014
Throughout the month of July, AAPP documented the arrest of 11 activists, sentencing of 21 activists, and the release of 2 political prisoners. Of the eleven arrested activists, two were…
AAPP report on Political Prisoners June 2014
July 15, 2014
At end of June, there were sixty-five political prisoners imprisoned in Burma, with 102 activists currently awaiting trial for political actions. Although President Thein Sein promised to release all political…