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The situation for political prisoners has reached a life-threatening status

August 23, 2024/in Member statements

– 23.August 2024 On August 19, 2024, an argument erupted when female political prisoners in Daik-U Prison made a complaint to a Ward Officer regarding the inappropriate nature of male prison staff frequenting the bathing area while female political prisoners were bathing. The argument resulted in female prisoners being shot with slingshots, leaving eight with […]

Myanmar rebels capture last junta base in township on China border

August 20, 2024/in News

The captured base is a key to the defense of a military headquarters. One of Myanmar’s most powerful insurgent armies has taken full control of a strategically important township in Kachin state on the border with China, its information officer told Radio Free Asia. The Kachin Independence Army, or KIA, together with People’s Defense Forces […]

The situation for political prisoners has reached a life-threatening status

August 23, 2024/in Member statements

Myanmar rebels capture last junta base in township on China border

August 20, 2024/in News

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The situation for political prisoners has reached a life-threatening status

August 23, 2024/in Member statements

– 23.August 2024

On August 19, 2024, an argument erupted when female political prisoners in Daik-U Prison made a complaint to a Ward Officer regarding the inappropriate nature of male prison staff frequenting the bathing area while female political prisoners were bathing. The argument resulted in female prisoners being shot with slingshots, leaving eight with life-threatening injuries, while also injuring several others. On the night of August 20, prison authorities, including male staff, reportedly entered the female ward of the prison, fully armed with guns, rubber sticks, tasers, and slingshots.

The oppression of female political prisoners by male prison authorities, coupled with armed nighttime incursions into the female ward, to this day, raises significant concerns for the safety and lives of these women.

Moreover, on June 15, 2024, more than 40 female political prisoners from Kyaikmaraw Prison were transferred to Daik-U Prison. Following their transfer, Daik-U Prison authorities allegedly found drugs and illegal items, leading to a violent crackdown where they opened fire with firearms and slingshots, hurled bricks at the female ward and carried out beatings. Female political prisoners were consequently injured yet were locked up for several days without being given medical treatment.

In another case, documentary film maker and political prisoner, Phay Maung Sein, passed away at Sakura Hospital in Yangon City on August 19 at 2 p.m. He had suffered broken ribs during interrogation and was not given adequate medical treatment. Phay Maung Sein had also contracted bone tuberculosis and was transferred to Insein Hospital, only when his condition had severely deteriorated. While receiving medical treatment at Insein Hospital, he was kept in leg shackles. He was released on August 16, just before his death, when it was too late to save him. His untimely death occurred on August 19 due to his untreatable condition.

Much like the experience of Phay Maung Sein, there have been at least (101) cases of political prisoners losing their lives due to a lack of proper medical care.

We remain committed to our efforts of documenting and identifying those responsible for the torture of political prisoners in various forms, in order to ensure they are held accountable for their crimes. We vow to do our best to seek justice for the sacrifices that political prisoners have and continue to make and the suffering they have endured.

Our revolution must prevail.

Our justice must be realized!

Joint Organizations

– Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)

– Former Political Prisoners Society

– Political Prisoners Network (Myanmar)

– Women Organization for Political Prisoners (WOPP)

– ထောင်ဝင်စာပို့ကြမယ်

– နွေဦးတမာန် နိုင်/ကျဉ်းကူညီရေးအဖွဲ့

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https://aappb.org/…/Statement_for_prison_torture…

Myanmar rebels capture last junta base in township on China border

August 20, 2024/in News

The captured base is a key to the defense of a military headquarters.

One of Myanmar’s most powerful insurgent armies has taken full control of a strategically important township in Kachin state on the border with China, its information officer told Radio Free Asia.

The Kachin Independence Army, or KIA, together with People’s Defense Forces loyal to the shadow National Unity Government, defeated junta forces to capture their last remaining battalion base in Momauk township in northern Myanmar on Monday, Col. Naw Bu said.

“We were able to completely seize Infantry Battalion 437,” he said. “The military council launched airstrikes but now we can say we have taken control of the whole of Momauk township.”

There were casualties on both sides, Naw Bu said, but he declined to give details.

RFA telephoned the junta’s Kachin state spokesman and social affairs minister Moe Min Thei to ask about Momauk but he did not answer.

The KIA, fighting for self-determination against the forces of the junta that toppled a democratically elected government in 2021, launched an initial attack on Momauk on May 7, then began their final push, along with their allies, on July 24.

Momauk is about 130 kilometers (81 miles) south of the Kachin state capital of Myitkyina, and only about 14 kilometers (9 miles) east of the town of Bhamo where the junta’s Operations and Command Headquarters 21 is based, Naw Bu said.

Junta forces had withdrawn towards Bhamo, which is on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, he said.

The KIA and its allies have captured more than 20 junta camps in the township since late July and about 200 junta camps in the whole of Kachin state since the beginning of the year, he said.

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