Activists, journalists included in Myanmar prisoner release
3 years, 8 months ago

Activists, journalists included in Myanmar prisoner release

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Zaw Zaw, head of the Yangon Region’s Prison Department, confirmed that more than 720 people were released from the prison, which for decades has been the main facility for political prisoners. He told China’s Xinhua news agency that the released detainees were “those are who took part in the protests but did not take part in the violence, who did not commit crimes and did not lead the riots.” The Assistance Association for Political Prisoner said Tuesday that 5,224 people were in detention in connection with the protests. The political turmoil has made the country’s health care system largely dysfunctional, severely limiting COVID-19 testing and reporting until about a month ago, when the number of confirmed cases shot up rapidly.

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A Myanmar online news site says its jailed journalist is tortured for revealing abuses of prisoners
3 weeks, 3 days ago

A Myanmar online news site says its jailed journalist is tortured for revealing abuses of prisoners

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — An independent online news agency in Myanmar said Friday that one of its journalists arrested two years ago has been subjected to daily physical and mental abuse after exposing human rights violations in the country’s main prison where he’s being held. Sai Zaw Thaike was mistreated for allegedly exposing human rights abuses by prison staff of fellow political …

Foreigners among 6,000 prisoners to be freed under Myanmar junta’s annual amnesty
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Foreigners among 6,000 prisoners to be freed under Myanmar junta’s annual amnesty

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Myanmar’s military government has released …

Myanmar’s military regime to free nearly 6,000 prisoners in amnesty
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar’s military regime to free nearly 6,000 prisoners in amnesty

Al Jazeera  

Myanmar’s military rulers will release 5,864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty to mark the country’s 77 years of independence from British colonial rule, state media said. The Associated Press news agency said the foreigners to be released could include four Thai fishermen who were arrested by Myanmar’s navy in late November after patrol boats opened fire on Thai …

Myanmar junta to release nearly 6,000 prisoners in annual amnesty
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar junta to release nearly 6,000 prisoners in annual amnesty

New Indian Express  

NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar's embattled junta government on Saturday said it would release almost 6,000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark the country's independence day. More than 5,800 prisoners -- including 180 foreigners -- will be freed, the junta said in a statement on Saturday, when the country marks 77 years of independence from British colonial rule. The annual …

Life in Myanmar today: ‘My brother’s legs were slashed with knives for liking a Facebook post’
3 months ago

Life in Myanmar today: ‘My brother’s legs were slashed with knives for liking a Facebook post’

The Independent  

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A military court has sentenced a Myanmar journalist to life in prison, outlet’s editor says
6 months, 3 weeks ago

A military court has sentenced a Myanmar journalist to life in prison, outlet’s editor says

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A military court in Myanmar has given a life prison sentence to a local journalist and sentenced one of his colleagues to 20 years after convicting them under a counterterrorism law, their editor said Wednesday. The sentences for Myo Myint Oo and Aung San Oo of the independent online news service Dawei Watch appear to be the most …

Myanmarese in Manipur detention centre sit on hunger strike, demand release
8 months ago

Myanmarese in Manipur detention centre sit on hunger strike, demand release

Hindustan Times  

Imphal: Around 100 Myanmar nationals currently staying in a detention centre in Manipur have begun a hunger strike, demanding their release, officials said. Manipur Central Jail superintendent Sorokhaibam Bhadrika said that the Manipur Jail does not have the authority to release them as they were penalised by the court under section 14 of the Foreigners Act. “The detainees demanded to …

Myanmar’s military government pardons 10,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day
1 year, 2 months ago

Myanmar’s military government pardons 10,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government on Thursday pardoned nearly 10,000 prisoners to mark the 76th anniversary of gaining independence from Britain, but they apparently included just a small proportion of the thousands of political detainees jailed for opposing army rule. The head of Myanmar ’s military council, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, pardoned 9,652 prisoners to mark the holiday, state-run …

Myanmar generals pardon more than 9,000 prisoners
1 year, 2 months ago

Myanmar generals pardon more than 9,000 prisoners

Al Jazeera  

Myanmar’s generals have pardoned more than 9,000 prisoners, including 114 foreign nationals, to mark the country’s Independence Day. “Myanmar’s military generals are up to their same old tricks, releasing large numbers of common criminals and a bunch of foreign prisoners during a major national holiday and trying to dress that up as ‘progress’ on human rights,” Phil Robertson, the deputy …

Editor says Myanmar authorities have arrested 2 local journalists for an online news service
1 year, 3 months ago

Editor says Myanmar authorities have arrested 2 local journalists for an online news service

The Independent  

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Editor says Myanmar authorities have arrested 2 local journalists for an online news service
1 year, 3 months ago

Editor says Myanmar authorities have arrested 2 local journalists for an online news service

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government has arrested two journalists with a local online news service, their editor said Wednesday, in its latest crackdown on media freedom since seizing power nearly three years ago. The chief editor of Dawei Watch, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals from authorities, told The Associated Press that Aung San Oo and …

Son of Aung San Suu Kyi launches new campaign to free jailed Myanmar leader
1 year, 4 months ago

Son of Aung San Suu Kyi launches new campaign to free jailed Myanmar leader

The Independent  

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Myanmar reinstates family visits to prisoners to end a ban started during the pandemic
1 year, 5 months ago

Myanmar reinstates family visits to prisoners to end a ban started during the pandemic

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Military-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday allowed prisoners to have family visitors from outside, a right that had been suspended for 3½ years because of the coronavirus pandemic, the military’s information office and prison officials said. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a group that keeps detailed tallies of arrests and casualties linked to the repression of the military government, …

Myanmar reinstates family visits to prisoners to end a ban started during the pandemic
1 year, 5 months ago

Myanmar reinstates family visits to prisoners to end a ban started during the pandemic

The Independent  

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A Myanmar journalist gets a 20-year sentence for reporting on cyclone's aftermath, news site says
1 year, 6 months ago

A Myanmar journalist gets a 20-year sentence for reporting on cyclone's aftermath, news site says

The Independent  

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A Myanmar journalist gets a 20-year sentence for reporting on cyclone’s aftermath, news site says
1 year, 6 months ago

A Myanmar journalist gets a 20-year sentence for reporting on cyclone’s aftermath, news site says

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A court in Myanmar sentenced a photojournalist for an underground news agency to 20 years in prison with hard labor for his coverage of a deadly May cyclone’s aftermath, the media organization said Wednesday. The sentence given Sai Zaw Thaike, a photographer for the independent online news service Myanmar Now, appeared to be the most severe for any …

Myanmar army rulers free 3,000 prisoners in holiday gesture
1 year, 11 months ago

Myanmar army rulers free 3,000 prisoners in holiday gesture

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government on Monday granted amnesty to more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the traditional lunar New Year holiday, but it wasn’t immediately clear if those released included the thousands of political detainees locked up for opposing army rule. Some 17,460 political detainees, including Myanmar’s former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, were in detention as of …

Myanmar’s military junta frees 3,000 prisoners in holiday gesture
1 year, 11 months ago

Myanmar’s military junta frees 3,000 prisoners in holiday gesture

LA Times  

Prisoners released from Insein Prison are welcomed by family and friends in Yangon, Myanmar, on Monday. Myanmar’s military government Monday granted amnesty to more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the traditional lunar New Year holiday, but it wasn’t immediately clear if those released included the thousands of political detainees locked up for opposing army rule. Some 17,460 political detainees, including …

Myanmar releases 4 foreigners in broad prisoner amnesty
2 years, 4 months ago

Myanmar releases 4 foreigners in broad prisoner amnesty

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military-controlled government released an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker, an ex-British diplomat and an American on Thursday as part of a broad prisoner amnesty that also freed many local citizens held for protesting the army takeover. Australian Sean Turnell, Japan’s Toru Kubota, Briton Vicky Bowman, and American Kyaw Htay Oo were among 5,774 prisoners being freed on …

Myanmar military releasing Turnell, Kubota, Bowman: Reports
2 years, 4 months ago

Myanmar military releasing Turnell, Kubota, Bowman: Reports

Al Jazeera  

Military says it is releasing and deporting four foreigners as part of a prisoner amnesty to mark Myanmar’s National Victory Day. Myanmar’s state-run MRTV reported on Thursday that Australian Sean Turnell, Japan’s Toru Kubota, Briton Vicky Bowman and American Kyaw Htay Oo were among 5,774 prisoners who were being released. The British embassy in Yangon said Bowman had not yet …

At least 8 killed in Myanmar Insein Prison blasts: Media reports
2 years, 5 months ago

At least 8 killed in Myanmar Insein Prison blasts: Media reports

Al Jazeera  

Parcel bombs are suspected in Insein Prison explosions that reportedly killed three staff and five visitors. At least eight people have been reported killed following two explosions inside Myanmar’s high-security Insein Prison, according to media reports. The BBC’s Burmese-language news service reported that two parcel bombs had detonated on Wednesday morning, killing three prison staff and five visitors and injuring …

Myanmar court hands Japanese journalist 3 more years in jail
2 years, 5 months ago

Myanmar court hands Japanese journalist 3 more years in jail

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday convicted a Japanese journalist of violating immigration law, adding three years to the seven-year prison sentence he was handed last week for filming an anti-government protest, a Japanese diplomat said. Toru Kubota, a Tokyo-based documentary filmmaker, was arrested on July 30 by plainclothes police in Yangon, the country’s biggest city, after …

Myanmar court jails Japanese journalist for 10 years for reporting on protests
2 years, 5 months ago

Myanmar court jails Japanese journalist for 10 years for reporting on protests

The Independent  

A court in Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese documentary filmmaker to 10 years in jail for violating the country’s sedition and communications laws. Toru Kubota, 26, a freelance journalist, was arrested in July and charged with spreading false information in his coverage of protests against Myanmar’s military coup. Tetsuo Kitada, deputy chief of mission of the Japanese Embassy, said in …

Japanese man detained in Myanmar, government spokesman says
2 years, 7 months ago

Japanese man detained in Myanmar, government spokesman says

Al Jazeera  

Man in his 20s reportedly detained after filming a demonstration on July 30. A Japanese government spokesman has confirmed the detention of a Japanese man in Myanmar, with Tokyo calling for his release as soon as possible. Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara told a news conference on Monday that a Japanese man in his 20s had been detained after …

Myanmar condemns ‘reckless’ statements on activists’ executions
2 years, 9 months ago

Myanmar condemns ‘reckless’ statements on activists’ executions

Al Jazeera  

If death sentences against two prominent political opponents of the coup are carried out they will be the first since 1988. Myanmar has condemned foreign statements questioning the death sentences upheld against two prominent anti-coup activists amid international concern over the military’s plans to move ahead with the country’s first executions in 30 years. The United Nations, the United States …

No political prisoners released in Myanmar holiday amnesty
2 years, 11 months ago

No political prisoners released in Myanmar holiday amnesty

Al Jazeera  

Military releases 1,619 prisoners to mark the traditional new year holiday, but no political prisoners were freed. Myanmar’s military has started releasing more than 1,600 prisoners to mark the Southeast Asian nation’s traditional New Year festivities, but no political detainees were freed despite the country’s ruling general promising to restore peace this year. “As part of the celebration of Myanmar’s …

Prominent Myanmar filmmaker against military rule arrested after a year on the run
3 years, 1 month ago

Prominent Myanmar filmmaker against military rule arrested after a year on the run

LA Times  

Filmmaker Htun Zaw Win was arrested almost a year after being put on a wanted list for encouraging government workers to join anti-government protests. An award-winning film director in Myanmar has been arrested almost a year after he was put on a wanted list for encouraging government employees to join in protests against military rule, a colleague and local media …

In 2021, Myanmar journalists risked lives to tell world of coup
3 years, 2 months ago

In 2021, Myanmar journalists risked lives to tell world of coup

Al Jazeera  

With one journalist dead and dozens behind bars, Myanmar is now one of the world’s worst places to be a media worker. On March 8, journalists Nathan Maung and Hanthar Nyein went to their office in Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon, in a bid to salvage some equipment, fearing the country’s new military rulers would soon order a raid on Kamayut …

293 journalists jailed in 2021 globally, quarter from China, Myanmar: Report
3 years, 3 months ago

293 journalists jailed in 2021 globally, quarter from China, Myanmar: Report

Live Mint  

As many as 293 media workers were put behind bars globally in 2021, said the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. "CPJ's 2021 prison census found that the number of reporters jailed for their work hit a new global record of 293, up from a revised total of 280 in 2020," CPJ said in its report. However, this is the …

No progress in journalist’s case as ex-US envoy leaves Myanmar
3 years, 4 months ago

No progress in journalist’s case as ex-US envoy leaves Myanmar

Al Jazeera  

Bill Richardson’s private visit was centred on COVID-19 humanitarian work but he also met with military officials, foreign diplomats and UN representatives. Former US Ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson has left Myanmar after finishing a private humanitarian mission in which he sought to boost the Southeast Asian country’s efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and facilitate the delivery of …

UN fears ‘mass atrocity crimes’ in northern Myanmar
3 years, 5 months ago

UN fears ‘mass atrocity crimes’ in northern Myanmar

Al Jazeera  

UN special rapporteur on Myanmar says he received information that tens of thousands of troops and heavy weapons were being moved into restive regions in the north and northwest. The United Nations has said it fears a greater human rights catastrophe in Myanmar amid reports of thousands of troops massing in the north of the Southeast Asian country which has …

Myanmar frees hundreds of political prisoners after ASEAN pressure
3 years, 5 months ago

Myanmar frees hundreds of political prisoners after ASEAN pressure

ABC  

Myanmar's military government has freed hundreds of political prisoners from the notorious Insein prison, including Aung San Suu Kyi's party spokesman and famous comedian Zarganar. Key points: ASEAN is excluding the junta chief Min Aung Hlaing from its summit later this month UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews welcomed the prisoners' release The junta has released prisoners several times since the …

Hundreds of political prisoners freed in Myanmar after amnesty
3 years, 5 months ago

Hundreds of political prisoners freed in Myanmar after amnesty

Al Jazeera  

Joyful scenes as families reunited but experts say international community needs to keep up the pressure on the coup leaders. Hundreds of political prisoners have been freed from Myanmar’s Insein prison, including Aung San Suu Kyi’s party spokesman and a famous comedian, according to local media. The announcement came shortly after a televised address by Min Aung Hlaing, the army …

Myanmar official defends detention of U.S. journalist
3 years, 5 months ago

Myanmar official defends detention of U.S. journalist

LA Times  

In this 2018, photo, U.S. journalist Danny Fenster works out of his van, which he turned into a home/office in Detroit. Military spokesman Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun did not elaborate in his response at a news conference to a question about Danny Fenster, who is awaiting trial on a charge of incitement, also called sedition. Zaw Min Tun denied …

Myanmar doctors risk arrest to treat covid-19 patients in secret
3 years, 7 months ago

Myanmar doctors risk arrest to treat covid-19 patients in secret

Live Mint  

In most of the world, the Covid-19 pandemic was a blunt reminder for governments of how valuable their healthcare workers really are. Dr. Wai Phyo Kyaw, a 33-year-old surgeon in the central Myanmar city of Mandalay, is one of the country’s rogue doctors. Myanmar’s response to rising Covid-19 cases has been hobbled by the country’s political crisis, with many doctors …

Residents: Myanmar leaders use pandemic as political weapon
3 years, 7 months ago

Residents: Myanmar leaders use pandemic as political weapon

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — With coronavirus deaths rising in Myanmar, allegations are growing from residents and human rights activists that the military government, which seized control in February, is using the pandemic to consolidate power and crush opposition. “They have stopped distributing personal protection equipment and masks, and they will not let civilians who they suspect are supporting the democracy movement be …

UN warned of ‘dire’ COVID situation in Myanmar
3 years, 7 months ago

UN warned of ‘dire’ COVID situation in Myanmar

Al Jazeera  

Half of Myanmar’s population could get COVID-19 within the next two weeks, the UK tells United Nations Security Council. The United Kingdom has warned the United Nations Security Council that half of coup-wracked Myanmar’s population of 54 million could become infected with COVID-19 within the next two weeks. “The coup has resulted in a near-total collapse of the healthcare system, …

Groups say Myanmar journalists in peril amid crackdown
3 years, 7 months ago

Groups say Myanmar journalists in peril amid crackdown

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Journalists in Myanmar face extreme peril as the military-controlled government cracks down on independent reporting, human rights and media advocates say. Reports by the Committee to Protect Journalists and by Human Rights Watch, released this week, say dozens of journalists are being held, some without charges. In the highest-profile case, two journalists working for the Reuters news agency …

Myanmar’s political crisis is fueling an ‘uncontrolled’ outbreak of COVID-19
3 years, 7 months ago

Myanmar’s political crisis is fueling an ‘uncontrolled’ outbreak of COVID-19

LA Times  

The dead in Myanmar are piling up outside cemeteries, overwhelming workers struggling to keep pace with the demand for cremations. “You can’t attack a pandemic and healthcare professionals at the same time,” the independent United Nations human rights expert for Myanmar, Tom Andrews, said in a tweet Monday. World & Nation Myanmar accelerates toward a civil war of ‘unprecedented scale’ …

Doctors arrested in Myanmar as COVID Delta cases soar
3 years, 8 months ago

Doctors arrested in Myanmar as COVID Delta cases soar

ABC  

In most countries, doctors on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic are applauded. Key points: Doctors were among the first to protest against the military coup Reports of new arrests are sowing distrust as COVID rages Australian aid is going through ASEAN, but critics fear it will not reach the people who need it As the devastating third wave …

Protest erupts at Myanmar’s Insein prison amid COVID outbreak
3 years, 8 months ago

Protest erupts at Myanmar’s Insein prison amid COVID outbreak

Al Jazeera  

Anti-military government chants heard from inside the notorious colonial-era jail, which is used to hold opponents of the February coup. A protest has erupted at a prison in Myanmar’s commercial capital of Yangon against what activists said was a worsening COVID-19 outbreak at the jail, which is used to hold opponents of February’s military takeover. “A riot happened in the …

Imprisoned Myanmar politician dies from COVID-19
3 years, 8 months ago

Imprisoned Myanmar politician dies from COVID-19

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — The spokesperson for ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party died Tuesday after being infected with the coronavirus in prison, his lawyer said. The death of Nyan Win, 79, came as Myanmar is reeling from soaring numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths that are badly straining the country’s medical infrastructure, already weakened when many state medical …

Jailed Myanmar politician Nyan Win dies from COVID
3 years, 8 months ago

Jailed Myanmar politician Nyan Win dies from COVID

Al Jazeera  

Win, a senior adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, dies from COVID-19 after becoming infected in jail, says NLD. Myanmar politician Nyan Win, a senior adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has died in hospital after becoming infected with COVID-19 in jail, his party said, as the Southeast Asian country struggles with an exponential rise in …

75 children killed, 1,000 detained since Myanmar coup: UN experts
3 years, 8 months ago

75 children killed, 1,000 detained since Myanmar coup: UN experts

Al Jazeera  

UN Child Rights Committee says children exposed to indiscriminate violence, random shootings and arbitrary arrests under military government. Dozens of children have been killed and hundreds arbitrarily detained in Myanmar since a coup more than five months ago, UN rights experts said, as the political turmoil in the country continues amid a health emergency brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. …

Myanmar COVID-19 patients desperate for oxygen as cases surge under military government
3 years, 8 months ago

Myanmar COVID-19 patients desperate for oxygen as cases surge under military government

ABC  

Myanmar's military authorities have pledged to ramp up oxygen supplies to treat COVID-19 patients, as residents struggle to help family members from a record-setting wave of infections. Key points: Myanmar has seen a daily record of 80 coronavirus deaths and more than 5,000 new infections More than one-third of people tested return positive results The government says 14 locations in …

The Latest: China locks down city near Myanmar over virus
3 years, 8 months ago

The Latest: China locks down city near Myanmar over virus

The Independent  

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Chinese city on Myanmar border locked down in COVID outbreak
3 years, 8 months ago

Chinese city on Myanmar border locked down in COVID outbreak

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Authorities in a Chinese city …

US sanctions 22, including Myanmar ministers, for military coup
3 years, 8 months ago

US sanctions 22, including Myanmar ministers, for military coup

Al Jazeera  

Several government ministers, military coup leaders and adult members of their families are among those being targeted. The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on 22 individuals including four Myanmar government ministers in response to the February military coup and attacks against the country’s pro-democracy movement. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that the new sanctions were …

Myanmar court extends pretrial detention of US journalist
3 years, 8 months ago

Myanmar court extends pretrial detention of US journalist

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A court in Myanmar on Thursday extended the pretrial detention of Danny Fenster, a U.S. journalist employed by an online news magazine in the military-led Southeast Asian nation who was arrested in May on an incitement charge that carries a penalty of up to three years’ imprisonment. “The Myanmar junta’s continued detention of journalist Danny Fenster is outrageous …

Activists, journalists included in Myanmar prisoner release
3 years, 8 months ago

Activists, journalists included in Myanmar prisoner release

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s government began releasing about 2,300 prisoners on Wednesday, including activists who were detained for protesting against the military’s seizure of power in February and journalists who reported on the protests, officials said. According to official announcements on state media, most if not all of the freed detainees faced charges related to the protests, including Section 505 of …

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