Truth Telling in Yaytashay Township (07/2014)
36 survivors of the military regime from Yartashay, Bago Region, who were sent to front line as porter in 1997, were telling their true story at NLD Yartashay office on July 15, 2014.
AAPP Statement: Unity Weekly Journalists Sentenced (2014)
AAPP Press Statement: Unity Weekly Journalists Sentenced On Thursday July 10, 2014, the CEO and four reporters from the Unity Weekly received a ten-year sentence for “disclosing state secrets.” In spite of the government’s purported commitment to ensuring political freedoms,…
June 2014 AAPP Monthly Chronology
Summary of the current Situation As of June’s end, there are sixty-five political prisoners incarcerated in Burma, with 102 activists currently awaiting trial for political actions. Notwithstanding the president’s commitment to the release of all political prisoners by the end…
Data Collection in Kyaunggon Township, Irrawaddy Division (07/2014)
AAPP-B and Former Political Prisoners Society met with former political prisoners of Kyaunggon, Ayeyarwaddy Region, for the program of Collecting Numbers of All Former Political Prisoners. The joint group of AAPP-B and FPPS collected the data of former political…
Data Collection in Kyon Pyaw Township, Irrawaddy Division (07/2014)
AAPP-B and Former Political Prisoners Society met with former political prisoners of Kyon Pyaw, Ayeyarwaddy Region, for the program of Collecting Numbers of All Former Political Prisoners. The joint group of AAPP-B and FPPS collected the data of former…
Opening Ceremony of Human Rights Short Course in Myaungmya Township, Irrawaddy Division (07/2014)
The Opening ceremony of Human Rights short course in Myaungmya on the 4th July, 2014 that was provided by AAPP-B and was organized by Myaungmya District Former Political Prisoners Network.
AAPP Meet with Members of the National Democratic Force (NDF) (06/2014)
Members of Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, Burma (“AAPP”), including the Joint Secretary, Ko Bo Kyi, met with members of the National Democratic Force (“NDF”), including the NDF chairman, U Khin Maung Swe. The meeting was held at the NDF…
May 2014 AAPP Monthly Chronology
Summary of the current Situation Although the Burmese government maintains that no political prisoners remain in Burma, AAPP’s numbers have been steadily increasing since the end of 2013. At the end of May, there was exactly sixty confirmed political prisoners,…
List of Political Prisoners (06/2014)
The end of 2013 saw numerous government statements that convinced much of the outside world that all political activists had been freed from Burma’s jails. These statements not only served to undermine the plight of those political activists still…
AAPP and FPPS Provide Money for Health Care Assistance (05/2014)
Opening Ceronomy of FPPS Taungoo township and AAPP-B and FPPS provided money for health care assistance to U Than Hlaing and U Saw pa ka li (former political prisoner) on 22, May 2014.