NAME: Thet Oo Maung A.K.A Wa Lone Parents Name : U Tin Myint Date Of Birth : 30.6.1985 Idntity Card No: 5/Kha Ou Na (N) 069261 Occupation : Reporter from Reuters Education :Student at a government technical university where…
On September 19 at 4:41pm, a delegation led by British Foreign Secretary Rt Hon. Jeremy Hunt visited the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) office in Rangoon and toured AAPP’s museum exhibition “Memory of the Past”. AAPP’s officials, Rangoon Region…
On September 17, Deputy Ambassador Thomas van Leeuwen (Head of Political and Economic Department), Senior Political Officer Chayanuch Thananart and Officer from Netherlands Embassy in Thailand, visited the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) office in Mae Sot, Thailand. Ma…
15th September 2018 On this year’s International Day of Democracy AAPP expresses concerns about the lack of protection for democratic rights in Burma. Today, we are reminded of the historic entanglement of human rights abuses and authoritarian rule. In Burma,…
TRAININGS Human Rights, Documentation of Human Rights Violations, and Transitional Justice Training Held in Pyay Township and Bago Township As a part of the series of regular Human Rights, Documentation of Human Rights Violations, and Transitional Justice Training, the Assistance…
MONTH IN REVIEW August in Numbers Charges: 10 Arrests: 9 Sentenced: 7 Released: 23 Prisoners in poor health: 2 Disgruntlement with reparations and other thoughts mark 1988 anniversary In the celebrations across the country that marked 30 years since…
3rd September 2018 AAPP condemns today’s sentencing of two Reuter’s journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo for 7 seven years in jail under Act 3.1 of the Official Secrets Act. The two men have been in jail since…
On August 31 representatives from the French embassy visited AAPP’s office and museum. Joachim Stassart, political attaché from the Rangoon embassy, and Ma Naing Naing Tun, public relations at the French embassy,visited the AAPP office. AAPP’s Joint-Secretary Ko Bo Kyi…
On August 24 Representatives of the Mental Health and Psycho-Social Service visited AAPP’s museum exhibition “Memory of the Past”. Sarah Henriette, Mina Khenati, and Health Field Officer from International Committee of the Red Cross, Kyaw Zaw Han, were shown the…
On August 17, a group of Mr. Dan Chugg, the British Ambassador in Rangoon, visited AAPP’s museum, ‘Memory of the Past’. The exhibition was led by Ko Kyaw Soe Win, AAPP’s Mental Health Assistance Program (MHAP) Chief, and Ko Zaw…