Information ReleaseDate: November 3, 2010 More than 2,200 political prisoners will spend this week’s election in prison; denied not only their freedom, but also their right to vote and their right to participate in the wider political process.For more than…
For Immediate ReleaseDate: 20 October 2010Rhetoric is not enough: Governments must act now and support a commission of inquiry on Burma.[Maesot, Thailand] The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners – Burma warmly welcomes the report of Tomas Quintana, the UN Special…
Information ReleaseDate: October 18, 2010Support Min Ko Naing and his fellow democracy activistsMin Ko Naing’s 48th birthdayAssistance Association for Political Prisoners18 October, 2010Today Min Ko Naing will spend his 48th Birthday imprisoned and cut off from the people of Burma.…
Summary of current situation There are a total of 2193 political prisoners in Burma. This is an overall increase of 10 in comparison to last month’s figure of 2,183. In September, 13political prisoners were arrested, four of those arrested were…
Summary of current situation There are a total of 2,183 political prisoners in Burma. This is an overall increase of 9 in comparison to last month’s figure of 2,174. In August, 2 political prisoners were arrested, and 3 were released.…
Information ReleaseDate: August 19 2010[Maesot, Thailand] the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners- Burma warmly applauds the United States of America for their decision to support the establishment of a United Nations Commission of Inquiry to investigate crimes against humanity in…
Information ReleaseDate: August 12 2010AAPP denounces inappropriate prison transfers of elderly Political prisoner, Gen. Hso TenThe Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) (AAPP) received information that General Hso Ten was transferred to three different prisons in one week, in a…
Summary of current situation There are a total of 2,174 political prisoners in Burma. This is an overall increase of 3 in comparison to last month’s figure of 2,171. In July, 2 political prisoners were arrested, and 4 were released.…
Information ReleaseDate: 6 July 2010The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners has submitted its report to the UN Human Rights Council for the Universal Periodic Review of Burma. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a new mechanism of the Human Rights…
Summary of current situation There are a total of 2,171 political prisoners in Burma. This is an overall increase of 14 in comparison to last month’s figure of 2,157. In June, no activists were arrested and no political prisoners were…