July 2012 AAPP Monthly Chronology

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…

June 2012 AAPP Monthly Chronology

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…

May 2012 AAPP Monthly Chronology

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…

March 2012 AAPP Monthly Chronology

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…

February 2012 AAPP Monthly Chronology

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…

January 2012 AAPP Monthly Chronology

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.…

December 2011 AAPP Monthly Chronology

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…