During Burma’s successive military regimes, the term political prisoner has been shrouded in controversy. In fact, the current military regime, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) denies their very existence, arguing that there are only criminals in Burma’s prisons.…
Twenty three years ago today, on 8 August 1988, hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of Burma demanding an end to the suffocating military rule which had isolated and bankrupted the country since 1962. Their united cries for…
AAPP Exhibition about Political Prisoners’ Activities – 21-23 March 2014
From 21 – 23 March 2014, 2800 ASEAN participants attended the ACSC/APF 2014 at MCC. The AAPP Exhibition about Political Prisoners’ Activities was a highlight and heightened the regional awareness on obstacles towards democratization in Burma.
Summary of the Current Situation February continued to see more political activists arrested and charged for attempting to carry out peaceful protest. Since the start of the month 8 new political activists were arrested, with 5 people being sentenced under…
AAPP Joint Secretary and Former Political Prisoners Society (FPPS) members met with former political prisoners at the National League for Democracy’s office, Kemmendine Township for data collection of former political prisoners.
Kyaw Soe Win from AAPP’s Mental Health Assistance Program (MHAP) at a meeting with United Nations Human Rights office of the High Commissioner in Phnom Penh on 5 March 2014.
On 5 March 2014, the joint secretary of AAPP, Ko Bo Kyi and Ko Saw, the deputy chief supervisor of MHAP met with representatives of George W. Bush Presidential Center at the AAPP office in Rangoon.
Students on the Mental Health Assistance Program (MHAP) in Rangoon work together to order flashcards showing the steps of the counseling model for victims of trauma, as part of a course conducted by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners with…
The MHAP team visits an exhibition on the genocide at the museum S-21. This photo was taken with the only survivor of the genocide in Tuol Slong. Mr. Chum Mey, the survivor talks about his experience in the book he…