Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)

AAPP defines a political prisoner as anyone arrested, detained, or imprisoned because of their perceived or known active role, perceived, or known supporting role, or in association with activities promoting freedom, justice, equality, human rights, including ethnic rights, in association with the pro-democracy movement. (August 2014)

Political Prisoners Post-Coup
29030
Total Arrested
22197
Still Detained including Sentenced
6499
Killed by Junta
6833
Released
11 april, 2025

Videos & Documentaries

People Not Pawns, Burma’s Ugly Game of Political Detention

Documentary by Timothy Syrota in association with the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, published on December 23, 2012