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UA 253/12 MYANMAR - DOCTOR HELD INCOMMUNICADO IN MYANMAR
MYANMAR Dr Tun Aung was arrested on 11 June in Rakhine state, western Myanmar and has been held in incommunicado detention since. He is a practicing medical doctor and the chairman of the Islamic Religious Affairs Council in Maungdaw. He suffers from a medical condition for which he ...
Further information on UA 138/12 MYANMAR - PHYO WAI AUNG RELEASED
MYANMAR Since the issue of this UA, the Myanmar authorities released Phyo Wai Aung in the early afternoon of 3 August. Phyo Wai Aung had been arrested on 22 April 2010 and accused of involvement in bombings a week earlier at the X20 stadium in Myanmar's largest ...
UA 138/12 MYANMAR - DEMAND RELEASE OF TERMINALLY ILL PRISONER
MYANMAR A prisoner sentenced to death in Myanmar after an unfair trial is dying of liver cancer. His family is calling for him to be immediately released so they can arrange appropriate care for him in his final weeks. He was tortured during interrogation. Phyo Wai Aung ...
Further Information UA 322/11 MYANMAR - PRISONERS AT RISK OF ILL-TREATMENT
MYANMAR 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. Recent information suggests that many of the men were denied drinking water during at least some of that period. ...
Further information UA 319/11 MYANMAR - U GAMBIRA NEEDS URGENT MEDICAL CARE
MYANMAR U Gambira has been transferred from Kale prison, Sagaing Division, to Myaungmya prison, Ayeryawady Division. Myaungmya prison is more than 600 km from Meiktila where U Gambira’s family lives and slightly further away from his family’s home than Kale prison. U Gambira continues to be in ...
UA 322/11 MYANMAR - PRISONERS IN MYANMAR DENIED DRINKING WATER
MYANMAR Fifteen political prisoners, currently on hunger strike in Insein prison in Myanmar, are reportedly being tortured or otherwise ill-treated. According to sources in Myanmar, they have been denied drinking water, and eight of the prisoners have been held in cells designed to hold dogs. The 15 ...
UA 319/11 BURMA - BURMESE MONK NEEDS URGENT MEDICAL CARE
BURMA 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 recently received information that his injuries resulted from torture he suffered in 2009. He urgently needs to be transferred to a hospital ...
