On September 17, Ms. Heather Goldsmith, (USAID) Promoting the Rule of Law in Myanmar (PRLM), visited AAPP’s museum “Memory of the Past.” Then, AAPP’s Secretary U Tate Naing, Mental Health Assistance Program (MHAP) Chief U Kyaw Soe Win and Officer…
TRAININGS Human Rights, Documentation of Human Rights Violations, and Transitional Justice Training Held in Sagaing Division Figure 1 Transitional Justice Traning in Homalin Township As a part of the series of regular Human Rights, Documentation of Human Rights Violations, and…
MONTH IN REVIEW September in Numbers Sentenced: 11 Arrests: 6 Charged: 7 Released: 3 ●●● Anniversary of Saffron Revolution September 18 marked the 11th anniversary of the Saffron Revolution and it’s memories of arbitrary arrests, detentions and sentencings. The Saffron…
27th September 2018 It has been over one month since Nang Mo Hom, a Shan woman living in Ho Naung Ward, Namhkam City in Muse District, Shan State, was arrested at gunpoint from her home by the Ta’ang National…
On September 19 at 4:41pm, a delegation led by British Foreign Secretary Rt Hon. Jeremy Hunt visited the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) office in Rangoon and toured AAPP’s museum exhibition “Memory of the Past”. AAPP’s officials, Rangoon Region…
On September 17, Deputy Ambassador Thomas van Leeuwen (Head of Political and Economic Department), Senior Political Officer Chayanuch Thananart and Officer from Netherlands Embassy in Thailand, visited the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) office in Mae Sot, Thailand. Ma…
15th September 2018 On this year’s International Day of Democracy AAPP expresses concerns about the lack of protection for democratic rights in Burma. Today, we are reminded of the historic entanglement of human rights abuses and authoritarian rule. In Burma,…
TRAININGS Human Rights, Documentation of Human Rights Violations, and Transitional Justice Training Held in Pyay Township and Bago Township As a part of the series of regular Human Rights, Documentation of Human Rights Violations, and Transitional Justice Training, the Assistance…
MONTH IN REVIEW August in Numbers Charges: 10 Arrests: 9 Sentenced: 7 Released: 23 Prisoners in poor health: 2 Disgruntlement with reparations and other thoughts mark 1988 anniversary In the celebrations across the country that marked 30 years since…
3rd September 2018 AAPP condemns today’s sentencing of two Reuter’s journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo for 7 seven years in jail under Act 3.1 of the Official Secrets Act. The two men have been in jail since…