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Myanmar: Political prisoner release 'major step' but gates must ...
13 January 2012

The prisoner amnesty is the second this year and the fourth under Myanmar's post-elections government.

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Wire, January/February 2012. Vol. 42, issue 01
1 January 2012

1) The Agenda 2) Up Front: Life after eviction: The young women of Njemanze 3) Death from the skies 4) A migrant's journey 5) Stand up for the rights of migrants ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/001/2012

Clinton must demand Myanmar human rights reforms | Amnesty ...
30 November 2011

US Secretary of State's landmark visit to Myanmar can only be seen a success if authorities make bold human rights reforms.

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Myanmar: Further information: Prisoners at risk of ill-treatment
25 November 2011

The 15 political prisoners, all men, who started a hunger strike at Insein prison on 26 October, ended their protest on 7 November without achieving their objectives ...

Urgent Action       ASA 16/008/2011

Myanmar: Further information: U Gambira needs urgent medical care
24 November 2011

U Gambira has been transferred from Kale prison, Sagaing Division, to Myaungmya prison, Ayeryawady Division. Myaungmya prison is more than 600 km from Meiktila ...

Urgent Action       ASA 16/009/2011

Amnesty International urges members of the General Assembly's ...
15 November 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 15 November 2011. AI Index: IOR 41/017/2011. Amnesty International urges members of the General Assembly's. ...

Public Statement       IOR 41/017/2011

Myanmar political prisoners held in dog cells and denied water ...
4 November 2011

Some 15 prisoners on hunger strike are at risk of death from dehydration after being denied drinking water.

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Amnesty International | Myanmar political prisoners held in dog ...
4 November 2011

The Myanmar authorities must act immediately to end the ill-treatment of some 15 political prisoners in Yangon's Insein Prison, where they have been denied water ...

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Myanmar: Prisoners in Myanmar denied drinking water
3 November 2011

Fifteen political prisoners, currently on hunger strike in Insein prison in Myanmar, are reportedly being tortured or otherwise ill-treated. According to sources ...

Urgent Action       ASA 16/007/2011

Myanmar: Burmese monk needs urgent medical care: U Gambira
31 October 2011

U Gambira, a Buddhist monk imprisoned in Myanmar because of his role in anti-government protests in 2007, is seriously ill in prison. Amnesty International has ...

Urgent Action       ASA 16/006/2011