Statements

Graphs of arrest and death data as of January 31, 2026 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 February, 2026

Graphs of arrest and death data as of December 31, 2025 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup. The percentages shown in the graphs are calculated from the total number of arrested and killed according to that issue.

1 January, 2026

Graphs of arrest and death data as of November 30, 2025 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 December, 2025

⁨⁨Graphs of arrest and death data as of October 31, 2025 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 November, 2025

Graphs of arrest and death data as of September 30, 2025 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 October, 2025

Graphs of arrest and death data as of August 31, 2025 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 September, 2025

Graphs of arrest and death data as of July 31, 2025 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 August, 2025

Graphs of arrest and death data as of June 30, 2025 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 July, 2025

Graphs of arrest and death data as of May 31, 2025 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 June, 2025

Graphs of arrest and death data as of April 30, 2025 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup

1 May, 2025

⁨📷⁩ ⁨Graphs of arrest and death data as of March 31, 2025 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup

1 April, 2025

Statement on the 25th Anniversary of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)

23 March, 2025

Graphs of arrest and death data as of February 28, 2025 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 March, 2025

⁨Situation Update: Documenting the Junta’s Arbitrary Arrest and Killing of Civilians February 11, 2025

11 February, 2025

Graphs of arrest and death data as of January 31, 2025 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 February, 2025

Graphs of arrest and death data as of December 31, 2024 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 January, 2025

Graphs of arrest and death data as of November 30, 2024 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

2 December, 2024

Graphs of arrest and death data as of October 31, 2024 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 November, 2024

Graphs of arrest and death data as of September 30, 2024 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 October, 2024

Mental Health Assistance Program (MHAP) Monthly Activity Report – August 2024

10 September, 2024

Graphs of arrest and death data as of August 31, 2024 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 September, 2024

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

23 August, 2024

Mental Health Assistance Program (MHAP) Monthly Activity Report – July 2024

13 August, 2024

Graphs of arrest and death data as of July 31, 2024 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 August, 2024

Mental Health Assistance Program (MHAP) Monthly Activity Report – June 2024

9 July, 2024

Graphs of arrest and death data as of June 30, 2024 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 July, 2024

Joint Statement on the Unlawful Treatment of Female Political Prisoners by Daik-U Prison Authority. Date: 25 June 2024

26 June, 2024

Mental Health Assistance Program (MHAP) Monthly Activity Report – May 2024

8 June, 2024

Graphs of arrest and death data as of May 31, 2024 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 June, 2024

Graphs of arrest and death data as of April 30, 2024 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 May, 2024

The Unconditional Release of All Myanmar Political Prisoners is Non-Negotiable

1 April, 2024

Graphs of arrest and death data as of March 31, 2024 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 April, 2024

Graphs of arrest and death data as of February 29, 2024 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 March, 2024

Statement on Third Year Anniversary of Spring Revolution

1 February, 2024

Graphs of arrest and death data as of January 31, 2024 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 February, 2024

Graphs of arrest and death data as of December 31, 2023 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 January, 2024

Graphs of arrest and death data as of November 30, 2023 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 December, 2023

Graphs of arrest and death data as of October 31, 2023 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 November, 2023

Graphs of arrest and death data as of October 31, 2023 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 November, 2023

The International Day of Political Prisoners – 30 October 2023

31 October, 2023

Graphs of arrest and death data as of September 30, 2023, collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021, military coup

1 October, 2023

Graphs of arrest and death data as of August 31, 2023, collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021, military coup

1 September, 2023

No More Safety: Political Prisoners’ Lives in Danger

18 August, 2023

Press Statement, Junta August 1, 2023, Prisoner Release Announcement 

2 August, 2023

Graphs of arrest and death data as of July 31, 2023 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup

1 August, 2023

Urgent Statement: More Extrajudicial Killings from Daik-U Prison

19 July, 2023

Urgent Statement: Extrajudicial Murders of Political Prisoners

10 July, 2023

Graphs of arrest and death data as of June 30, 2023 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup

1 July, 2023

Graphs of arrest and death data as of May 31, 2023 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup

1 June, 2023

Graphs of arrest and death data as of April 30, 2023 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

2 May, 2023

Discussions on Human Rights, Human Rights Violation and Documentation (5)

20 April, 2023

Discussions on Human Rights, Human Rights Violation and Documentation (4)

6 April, 2023

Graphs of arrest and death data as of March 31, 2023 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

3 April, 2023

Discussions on Human Rights, Human Rights Violation and Documentation (3)

23 March, 2023

Discussions on Human Rights, Human Rights Violation and Documentation

9 March, 2023

Graphs of arrest and death data as of February 28, 2023 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 March, 2023

Discussions on Human Rights, Human Rights Violation and Documentation

23 February, 2023

Graphs of arrest and death data as of January 31, 2023 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 February, 2023

Two Years Since the Failed Junta Coup

1 February, 2023

Urgent Statement on the Extrajudicial Murder and Brutal Crackdown in Pathein Prison

8 January, 2023

Graphs of arrest and death data as of December 31, 2022 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup

2 January, 2023

Remember Burma

9 December, 2022

Graphs of arrest and death data as of November 30, 2022 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup.

1 December, 2022

Statement Update on November 17 Political Prisoner Releases

21 November, 2022

Press Statement: Burma’s 2022 National Day Prison Releases

18 November, 2022

Special Call for Sexual Violence Survivors

9 November, 2022

Junta Airstrike on Hpa Kant Music Concert is an Atrocity

25 October, 2022

Urgent Statement on Political Prisoners and Prison Conditions Across Burma

9 August, 2022

Spring Revolution Political Prisoners death row list

27 July, 2022

AAPP Statement on the 25th of July Extrajudicial Executions

25 July, 2022

Press Release: Regarding Stated Execution of 4 Sentenced to Death Political Prisoners

6 June, 2022

Blue Shirt Campaign for Eighth Anniversary of the Death of U Win Tin

21 April, 2022

Launching Today!

1 February, 2022

Sentencing of State Counsellor and President U Win Myint

7 December, 2021

10,000 Documented Detentions Since 1 February

11 November, 2021

Statement on Data Collection of Political Prisoner Releases: Continued Lack of Transparency by Junta Since 18 October

26 October, 2021

AAPP statement on the ruthless arrest of 88 student leader, Ko Jimmy aka Kyaw Min Yu

25 October, 2021

AAPP Statement on Re-Arrested Political Prisoners Since Junta Announced “Amnesty”

21 October, 2021

AAPP is a 2021 MacBride Peace Prize recipient

20 September, 2021

Urgent Diplomatic Release on Insein Prison Strike

23 July, 2021

Emergency Release: COVID-19 in Burma’s Prison

16 July, 2021

Situation Update on 30 June Prison Releases

15 July, 2021

The Burma Military’s use of torture is an international crime – it must be stopped!

26 June, 2021

Unprovoked shooting by the Junta since the coup

18 June, 2021

Torture to Death in Detention

11 June, 2021

Hostages under the military coup

4 June, 2021

Statement on Disappearances in the Spring Revolution

28 May, 2021

AAPP Response to Junta Allegations

21 April, 2021

International Women’s Day

8 March, 2021

Statement of concern on ASEAN legitimacy to junta coup

6 March, 2021

Statement of Opinion on Current Situation

1 February, 2021

Statement of Opinion Regarding Definition of Political Prisoners

11 January, 2021

Statement on the Arrests of Three Candidates from Arakan State

21 October, 2020

Statement on the Arrest and Prosecution of Students during COVID-19 Pandemic

15 September, 2020

Statement on Prosecution of Right to Freedom of Expression

8 September, 2020

Statement for Nelson Mandela International Day 2020

18 July, 2020

Information release on the Plans for Provision of Self-care and Mental Empowerment Talks at the Quarantine Centers in Kyonpyaw Township and Ingapu Township

8 May, 2020

Blue Shirt Campaign on 6th Anniversary of Journalist U Win Tin’s Death

20 April, 2020

Statement on 2020 Presidential Pardon

17 April, 2020

Joint Statement by Digital Rights Organizations and Other Civil Society Organizations on the Ministry of Transport and Communications’ Order to Four Telecommunication Service Providers to Block 221 Websites

3 April, 2020

Statement on 20th Year Anniversary of Assistance Association for Political Prisoners

23 March, 2020

Statement on Prevention against COVID-19 virus in Prisons, Labor Camps and Custodies

18 March, 2020

Statement on shelling of School on Myanmar’s Children Day

15 February, 2020

Nelson Mandela International Day

18 July, 2019

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June 2019

26 June, 2019

MNHRC Must Take Stand on Extrajudicial Killings of Rakhine Villagers

14 May, 2019

Statement on the Occasion of Union Day and regarding the continued of arrests of ethnic people, youth and students

12 February, 2019

Statement on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

2 November, 2018

AAPP’s statement on the arrest of Nang Mo Hom by Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)

27 September, 2018

Statement on International Day of Democracy-Democracy under Strain

15 September, 2018

AAPP’s statement on the sentencing of Two Reuters journalists

3 September, 2018

Statement for Nelson Mandela International Day

18 July, 2018

United Nations International Day in Support of Torture Victims 2018

26 June, 2018

The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) publicized the AAPP counseling program on its Facebook page..

22 June, 2018

25th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day statement

3 May, 2018

Nelson Mandela International Day Promoting Humane Conditions of Imprisonment

17 July, 2017

Statement for International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June 2017

26 June, 2017

May 24, 2017 Amnesty Statement

26 May, 2017

International Women’s Day (2017)

8 March, 2017

Letter of Condolence for the Passing of U Ko Ni 2017

30 January, 2017

Important Information Regarding AAPP’s Documentation Process (2016)

16 December, 2016

REPORT LAUNCH: ‘Prison Conditions in Burma and the Potential for Prison Reform’ (2016)

25 September, 2016

Request letter to State Counsellor, H.E Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (2016)

16 September, 2016

REPORT LAUNCH: “After Release I had to restart my life from the beginning” (2016)

25 May, 2016

Daw Aung San Suu Kyis’s Statement on the Release of Political Prisoners (2016)

9 April, 2016

AAPP Calls for the Release of Nilar Thein (2016)

25 February, 2016

AAPP Raises Concerns Despite Presidential Amnesty (2016)

22 January, 2016

Students on Hunger Strike Tortured at Myingyan Prison (2015)

13 November, 2015

AAPP Calls for Political Freedom in the Lead up to the November 8 Elections (2015)

23 October, 2015

AAPP Demand the Release of Social Media Activists (2015)

17 October, 2015

AAPP and FPPS Call for the Release of All Political Prisoners Before the Signing of the National Ceasefire Agreement and the 2015 General Election (2015)

29 September, 2015

AAPP and FPPS Call for the Release of the Graffiti Students (2015)

27 August, 2015

Presidential Amnesty Does Little to Liberate Burma’s Political Prisoners (2015)

31 July, 2015

AAPP Calls for Adequate Healthcare for Political Prisoners in Burma (2015)

11 June, 2015

2015 Palm Campaign: “Even Though I’m Free I Am Not” – Extended in Light of the Recent Mass Arrests of Peaceful Protestors

13 March, 2015

AAPP and FPPS (2015) Documentation Project Interim Report

23 February, 2015

Even Though I Am Free I Am Not: The Need for the Campaign in 2015

4 January, 2015

AAPP AND FPPS Joint Statement for 67th Annivesary of Independence Day of Burma (2015)

4 January, 2015

Statement on Government Policy on Return and Resettlement of Exiled Activists and Political Forces (2014)

18 December, 2014

Letter of Condolence for the Passing of Ko Hla Myo Naung (2014)

28 November, 2014

AAPP and FPPS Response to the Governmental Satement (11/2014)

4 November, 2014

AAPP’s Statement on the Death of Freelance Journalist Aung Kyaw Naing, A.K.A Par Gyi (2014)

28 October, 2014

AAPP and FPPS Press on the Definition of a Political Prisoner (2014)

2 September, 2014

AAPP Statement: Unity Weekly Journalists Sentenced (2014)

16 July, 2014

AAPP and FPPS on the Continued Incarceration of Political Activists (2014)

27 May, 2014

Letter of Condolence for the Passing of U Win Tin (2014)

21 April, 2014

က်ဆုံးႏိုင္ငံေရးအက်ဥ္းသားမ်ားဂုဏ္ျပဳပြဲသို႔ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္ေပးပို႔ေသာသဝဏ္လႊာ

2 January, 2014

Letter of Condolence for the Passing of Nelson Mandela (2013)

9 December, 2013

56 Political Prisoners Freed in 12th Presidential Release (2013)

9 October, 2013

Burma: Ratify the UN Convention Against Torture (2013)

26 June, 2013

AAPP Urges the Government to Release all Remaining Political Prisoners (2013)

17 May, 2013

AAPP Condemns the Sentencing of Former Political Prisoner Nay Myo Zin Under Article 401(1) (2013)

8 May, 2013

Burma: Investigate Death of Former Political Prisoner Phyo Wai Aung (2013)

5 January, 2013

Ashin Gambira A.K.A Nyi Nyi Lwin Re-arrested (2012)

23 December, 2012

Criteria for AAPP’s Definition of a Political Prisoner (2011)

30 September, 2011

Leaked Reports Reveal the Staggering Scale of those Arrested During the Saffron Revolution (2011)

26 September, 2011

Conern for the Safety of Seven Political Prisoners in Solitary Confinement for Undertaking a Hunger Strike (2011)

25 May, 2011

Political Prisoners Strike in Insein Prison (2011)

21 May, 2011

AAPP Denounces Recent Prisoner Amnesty (2011)

17 May, 2011

Punishment of Monk Political Prisoner Highlights On-Going Abuse and Repression (2011)

13 May, 2011

AAPP Endorses U.S. President Obama’s Appointment of Derek Mitchell as Special Representative for Burma (2011)

20 April, 2011

AAPP has Grave Concerns for NLD Member Ko Min Aung who has been Denied Urgent Medical Treatment (2011)

18 April, 2011

BOOK LAUNCH: 11th Anniversary of AAPP (2011)

23 February, 2011

AAPP Concerned for the Safety of Political Prisoners Detained with Violent Criminals (2011)

14 February, 2011

AAPP cconcerned About Denial of Family vVsits for Sick Political Prisoners (2011)

8 February, 2011

REPORT LAUNCH: AAPP Releases Political Prisoner Report on Behalf of 12 Groups Working Inside Burma (2011)

1 February, 2011

AAPP Urges the International Community to Keep the Spotlight on Burma’s 2,203 Other Political Prisoners (2010)

23 November, 2010

Background Paper Daw Aung San Suu Kyi: 22 Years of Peaceful Resistance in the Face of a Brutal Military Regime (2010)

13 November, 2010

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi ‘Free’ but for how Long? (2010)

13 November, 2010

Conditions in Burma do not Come Close to Free, Fair and Credible Elections with more than 2,200 Political Prisoners Still Behind Bars (2010)

3 November, 2010

Governments Must Act Now and Support a Commission of Inquiry on Burma (2010)

20 October, 2010

Min Ko Naing’s 48th Birthday’s Information Released (2010)

18 October, 2010

AAPP Welcomes America’s Endorsement of a Commission of Inquiry on Burma and Urges Other Nations to Take Action (2010)

19 August, 2010

AAPP Denounces Inappropriate Prison Transfers of Elderly Political Prisoner Hso Ten (2010)

12 August, 2010

Burma’s Human Rights Record Up For Review (2010)

6 July, 2010

Political Prisoner Ko Kyaw Soe has Passed Away in Myingyan Prison (2010)

19 May, 2010

Political Prisoner Mya Than Htike’s Mother Died Following Visitation (2010)

16 May, 2010

A New Year but the Same Injustice: Concerns for Dissidents in the Aftermath of Bombings (2010)

20 April, 2010

AAPP (2010) The Role of Political Prisoners in the National Reconciliation Process

23 March, 2010

International Women’s Day (2010)

8 March, 2010

Demands for Prisoner’s Rights (2010)

17 February, 2010

Burmese-American Citizen Sentenced to Five Years Imprisonment (2010)

10 February, 2010

Ko Nyi Nyi Aung Denied Visitation (2010)

27 January, 2010