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Good News! – Myanmar: Labor Activists Released (UA 211/15)
Union leaders and factory workers Myo Min Min and Naing Htay Lwin, and labour activists Naing Zaw Kyi Win and Thu Zaw Kyi Win were released from Insein prison in…
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Good News! – Myanmar: Kyaw Ko Ko Released (UA 247/15)
Prominent student unionist Kyaw Ko Ko was released from prison on 8 April after courts in Myanmar dropped charges against scores of student protesters.
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Good News! – Myanmar: Lin Htet Naing and Phyoe Phyoe Aung Released (UA 252/15)
Student leaders Phyoe Phyoe Aung and Lin Htet Naing (aka James aka Aung Thant Zin) were released on 8 April after all charges against them were dropped by courts in…
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Good News! – Myanmar: Nandar Sitt Aung Released (UA 204/15)
Prominent student unionist Nandar Sitt Aung was released from prison on 8 April after all charges against him were dropped by courts in Myanmar.
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Myanmar: Student Activist, Phyoe Phyoe Aung, Finally Free
Phyoe Phyoe Aung, who was detained in Myanmar after helping to organize largely peaceful student protests, has finally been released more than one year on.
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Myanmar: Students’ release must pave way for an end to repression
The release of dozens of student protesters in Myanmar is a step forward for human rights that should pave the way for the new government to release all remaining prisoners…
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Release of Student Leader in Myanmar Must Lead to More Reform
Following the release of dozens of student protestors in Myanmar earlier today, the Tharawaddy Court in Myanmar released several more protestors including Phyoe Phyoe Aung, a student leader, and her…
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Good News! – Myanmar: Chaw Sandi Tun Released (UA 228/15)
Activist Chaw Sandi Tun has been released on 30 March after serving her 6 months sentence. She was imprisoned for a Facebook post mocking the Myanmar army.
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Good News! – Myanmar: Patrick Kum Jaa Lee Released (UA 227/15)
Kachin peace activist Patrick Kum Jaa Lee has been released on 1 April after serving his 6 months sentence. He was imprisoned for a Facebook post mocking the Myanmar army.
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Beaten, Arrested & Facing a Decade Behind Bars
On March 10, 2015 hundreds of student protestors were at a standstill near the city of Letpadan in Myanmar. They had reached the eighth day of a standoff between largely…
Press Release
New government in Myanmar must break vicious cycle of repression and political arrests
Myanmar’s new government will take office with a historic opportunity to change course on human rights but must break away from the deeply repressive legal framework that for years has…
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New Expression Meets Old Repression: Ending the Cycle of Political Arrests and Imprisonment in Myanmar
Myanmar’s new government will take office with a historic opportunity to change course on human rights but must break away from the deeply repressive legal framework that for years has…
