Videos

Into the Current tells the story of Burma’s unsung heroes – its prisoners of conscience – and the price they pay for speaking truth to power in a military dictatorship. Using footage secretly shot in Burma, the film uncovers the stories and sacrifices of ‘ordinary’ people of exceptional courage, and the leaders who inspire them.

AAPP Human Rights Awareness Presentations in Bago Region in 2017.

AAPP Secretary Tate Naing is interviewed by DVB TV (Burmese language interview).

AAPP is interviewed on June 26, 2016 for the International Day in Support of Victims of Tortured (Burmese language interview).

In this Eleven Media interview of Bo Kyi, AAPP co-founder and Joint Secretary, he discusses Article 66 (d) of the Telecommunications Law and Prison Conditions in Burma (Burmese language interview).

DVB TV Interview AAPP on July 20, 2014 (Burmese language interview).

In this Eleven Media interview of Bo Kyi, AAPP co-founder and Joint Secretary, he discusses Article 66 (d) of the Telecommunications Law and Prison Conditions in Burma (Burmese language interview).

In this interview with Bo Kyi, AAPP co-founder and Joint Secretary, he discusses a meeting in February 2013 between Burma Government officials and the Review Committee for the Release of Remaining Political Prisoners which discussed a framework for defining what is a political prisoner.

Burmese language interview during a meeting between 88 Student Uprising Leaders and AAPP leaders in January 2013.

An excerpt of Bo Kyi’s (AAPP Joint Secretary) presentation on the panel “Authoritarianism and Dissent: 21st Century Horizons” at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights, Tolerance and Democrazy on March 8-9, 2010.

An interview with Ko Khun Saing, a Burmese doctor and political prisoner who was imprisoned on three separate occasions for his political activism.

Commemorating AAPP’s 10th Anniversary on March 23, 2010.

This documentary looks at the issue of political prisoners in Burma from a historical perspective, highlights current issues regarding political prisoners in Burma, and provides an insight into the work undertaken by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.

AAPP Interview with DVB about the right to healthcare for detained political prisoners (Burmese language interview).

AAPP Joint Secretary and co-founder Bo Kyi is interviewed by DVB TV (Burmese language interview).

Even though I am free I am not. This was the message the groundbreaking 2010 photography campaign sought to convey to the world. The message that the burgeoning road to freedom in Burma would be forever blocked while political prisoners remained. Freedom is not solely liberation from prison. It is also the need for a free country, a Burma where political freedoms and civil liberties are respected and there no longer exist political prisoners. This photo campaign, initiated by award winning documentary journalist James MacKay and The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), in conjunction with the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), demonstrated the solidarity and commitment to each other amongst former and current political prisoners. 160 former prisoners were photographed and the event was debuted at the headquarters of Amnesty International in London in June 2010.

Kyi Phyu Shinn Interview (Burmese language).

Daw Khin Moe San (Win Naing Kyaw’s wife) (Burmese language).

Director Wai (Burmese language).

Radio Free Asia interviews Bo Kyi about AAPP (Burmese language interview).

Bo Kyi (left) Tate Naing (right) are featured upon learning that they will be allowed to go back to Burma for the first time on January 25th, 2013, after being blacklisted from 2000 – 2012.

Host Yul Kwon of LinkAsia TV speaks with renowned Burmese human rights activist Bo Kyi, founder and Joint Secretary of the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners, about the upcoming elections in Myanmar and the political prisoners that remain behind bars.

In this interview with the Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund in 2010, AAPP Joint Secretary and Co-founder Bo Kyi speaks about his experiences as a political prisoner in Burma.

AAPP co-founder and Join Secretary Bo Kyi speaks at a press conference held by Myanmar activists and former political prisoners on May 26, 2009, calling for the UN to intervene in Suu Kyi case.

A 2001 Documentary by AAPP highlighting the experiences of life behind bars for political prisoners in Burma.