On April 29, Human Rights Officer, John Coughlan, from the OHCHR Regional Office for South East Asia and Human Rights Officer Asia – Pacific Region, Raja Azwa Petra, visited the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners’ (AAPP) Office. AAPP’s Joint Secretary,…
On April 27 at 2:00 PM, US Ambassador Scott Marciel, Political Officer Sean R.Smith, Political Specialist Khine Mwan Lurnn and two other embassy staff visited the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) museum and discussed with AAPP’s Joint Secretary U…
On April 26 at 2:00 PM, Australian Embassy Deputy Head of Mission, Jeremy Kruse, First-Secretary, Alex Street, and Senior Policy Officer, Jonathan McManus, visited the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners’ (AAPP) museum. They discussed with AAPP’s Joint Secretary, U Bo Kyi,…
TRAININGS Human Rights, Documentation of Human Rights Violations, and Transitional Justice Training Held in Karen and Shan States As a part of the series of regular Human Rights, Documentation of Human Rights Violations, and Transitional Justice Training, the Assistance Association…
MONTH IN REVIEW March in Numbers Arrests: In March, 39 people were arrested. Of these, 37 were arrested by Ethnic Armed Groups (EAGs); 21 by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and 16 by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA).…
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TRAININGS Human Rights, Documentation of Human Rights Violations and Transitional Justice Training in Shan State As a part of the series of regular Human Rights, Documentation of Human Rights Violations and Transitional Justice Training, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners…
MONTH IN REVIEW In February 36 people were arrested, 28 by the Kachin Independence Army, while eight civilians were arbitrarily arrested by authorities for alleged bombings in Sittwe City, Arakan State. Nine people were charged in February five under the…
Prison Reforms Workshop From March 8 to March 9, the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) and the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) organized a Prison Reforms Workshop at Max Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw. The MNHRC chairman gave…
From March 7 to March 8, Ko Zaw Moe, in charge of the Documentation and Research Department and deputy in charge of Foreign Affairs at the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), attended the Conference on Justice Sector Coordination for…