Myanmar: Health concern/ Fear of torture or ill-treatment/Prisoners of conscience

Index Number: ASA 16/002/2009
Fecha de publicación: 26 marzo 2009
Categorías: Myanmar

Pro-democracy activists and prisoners of conscience, Hla Myo Naung and Min Ko Naing are in need of urgent and proper medical treatment. Hla Myo Naung is in danger of completely losing his eyesight, having already gone blind in one eye whilst in detention after being denied specialist medical treatment. Min Ko Naing suffers from a worsening eye condition, gout and high blood pressure for which he has received inadequate medical treatment.