Burma political prisoners – Bo Kyi
In this interview with the Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund in 2010, AAPP Joint Secretary and Co-founder Bo Kyi speaks about his experiences as a political prisoner in Burma.
AAPP Urges the International Community to Keep the Spotlight on Burma’s 2,203 Other Political Prisoners (2010)
Information Release Date: November 23, 2010 Ten days after the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners urges the international community to keep the spotlight on Burma’s 2,203 political prisoners who remain in prison.…
Background Paper Daw Aung San Suu Kyi: 22 Years of Peaceful Resistance in the Face of a Brutal Military Regime (2010)
Background Paper Daw Aung San Suu Kyi: 22 years of peaceful resistance in the face of a brutal military regime ” Whatever they do to me, that’s between them and me; I can take it. What’s more important is what…
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi ‘Free’ but for how Long? (2010)
Information Release Date: 13 November 2010 The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) welcomes the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and respects the importance of this moment, both for her, her family and for the people of Burma.…
October 2010 AAPP Monthly Chronology
Summary of current situation There are a total of 2203 political prisoners in Burma, an overall increase in comparison to last month ̳s figure of 2193. In October, 5 activists were arrested and 2 political prisoners were released. The AAPP…
Conditions in Burma do not Come Close to Free, Fair and Credible Elections with more than 2,200 Political Prisoners Still Behind Bars (2010)
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…
Governments Must Act Now and Support a Commission of Inquiry on Burma (2010)
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…
Min Ko Naing’s 48th Birthday’s Information Released (2010)
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.…
September 2010 AAPP Monthly Chronology
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…
August 2010 AAPP Monthly Chronology
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.…