People Not Powns, Burma’s Ugly Game of Political Detention


Summary of the Current Situation In the month of July 5 were arrested, 25 were released, and no one was sentenced. Trends Early July brought the news of an amnesty that granted the release of 25 political prisoners out of…
Summary of the Current Situation In the month of June 2012, 21 were arrested, 10 were released, and n0 one was sentenced. The month of June saw a breakout of sectarian violence in Arakan State – resulting in an official…
Summary of the Current Situation There were at least 21 detentions, 2 arrests, 1 sentencing, and 2 releases in the month of May 2012. Trends May has been marked by a sharp contrast between an international rush to lift sanctions…
Summary of the Current Situation There was 1 arrest, 3[1] sentences and 2 releases for the month of April. The number of political prisoners AAPP can confirm behind bars and the location of their prisons is now 471; 465 more…
Summary of the current situation There were 46 arrests, 7 sentences, and 13 releases for the month of March. Of the 46 arrested, 9 were briefly detained and released after a couple of days of interrogation. Twenty eight villagers arrested…
Monthly Chronology February 2012 The number of political prisoners AAPP can confirm are behind bars and the location of their prisons is now 419 and 424 more are under the verification process. The confirmed number will continue to fluctuate and…
Summary of the current situation Trends This month the President U Thein Sein issued two orders for the release of prisoners. 36 political prisoners were released on the 4th of January and a further 3001 were released on the 13th.…
Summary of the current situation There are at least 1,572 political prisoners believed to be behind bars in Burma. There is an ongoing secondary verification process to confirm the location of these individuals. So far, AAPP can confirm the prisons…
Summary of the current situation AAPP can confirm 1,638 political prisoners have been arrested and are believed to still be in prison. There is an ongoing verification process to confirm as much information surrounding the political prisoner as possible, such…