Date: Friday 17 th 2020 AAPP welcomes the release of prisoners in today’s presidential pardon, but remains concerned by the lack of political prisoners included in the release . At the moment, only 18 political prisoners have been included in…
POLITICAL PRISONERS ARRESTS Army Arrests Village Administrator and Civilian in Arakan State On March 2, the army arrested a village administrator, Kyaw Mya Sein, and a civilian, Yan Aung Chay, in Naram Village in Minbya Township from Arakan State. The…
Human Rights, Documentation of Human Rights Violations, and Transitional Justice Training Held in Shan State In March, AAPP provided Human Rights, Documentation of Human Rights Violations and Transitional Justice Training in Ywarngan Town, southern Shan State. Ko Wunna Nwel and…
In the last two weeks of March 2020, the government issued several directives to Myanmar telecom operators ordering them to block at least 221 websites. The government did not make these directives public nor did it publish the list of…
Date: March 23, 2020 Today, March 23, 2020 marks the 20th Anniversary of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. On this 20th Anniversary of AAPP, we pay our respects to all political prisoners, former political prisoners, families’ members, fallen political…