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Myanmar Times
October 18, 2017
But the commission has released individual reports of the prisons they have finished visiting and the common problem is overcrowding and poor delivery of services, which is a clear violation of human rights of the prisoners, according to U Yu Lwin Aung. “In the case of Myingyan prison in Mandalay region,ÃÂ ...
Democratic Voice of Burma
April 27, 2017
In the recent case of the Myingyan Prison [riot], our commission found there were human right abuses. Prisoners did not get effective medical treatment, food, accommodation and other facilities. We reported our findings to the Ministry of Home Affairs. The new prison superintendent had closed the prisonÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
November 16, 2016
Ye Naing Win walked out of Myingyan Prison in 2005, expecting to conduct his labour activism in secret for the rest of his life. Before his arrest in 1997, he was forced to operate under an alias, reporting human rights abuses in workplaces during Myanmar's 50-year military dictatorship. "The military droveÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
October 18, 2016
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The Irrawaddy News Magazine
October 12, 2016
For the past 20 years Professor Ball, an Australian, spent much of his time among Burma's ethnic people and armed groups. His books include The Ties That Bind, Burma's Military Secrets and The Boys in Black, about Thailand's paramilitary border guards. Here we reprise an interview he conducted with The Irrawaddy inÃÂ ...
myanmar-now
October 11, 2016
Min Tun Soe, deputy director of the Correctional Department of Ministry of Home Affairs, said about 700 prisoners in Myingyan Prison in Mandalay Region, central Myanmar, began shouting slogans at around 7 am. They called for the removal of two prison officials, including Prison Superintendent Zaw MinÃÂ ...
Mizzima News
May 25, 2016
Another MDA prisonerZau La was recently transferred to Myingyan prison in Mandalay Region from Khamti prison in Sagaing Region. Maran Tan Gun said, “We interviewed him (Maran Gun) last week. His health is not good and he is frequently admitted to the prison hospital. So we called for his release byÃÂ ...
Amnesty International USA
March 10, 2016
In addition, six student union members who protested against the crackdown later that day in Yangon continue to face charges for their role in the protest. Three of them are detained in Yangon's Insein prison. Two more student activists are being detained in Myingyan prison in Mandalay Region, while theirÃÂ ...
Eleven Myanmar
November 13, 2015
Two students who began hunger strikes at Myingyan Prison were beaten and denied water, they told reporters on their way to a court hearing in the Mandalay Region city. Second-year maths major at Myingyan Degree College, Sithu Myat, said outside the court: “When we began our hunger strike onÃÂ ...
New York Times (blog)
July 24, 2013
Over time, I stopped thinking about how many more years I had left to serve and started looking upon my loneliness in confinement as precious solitude. Just one month before I was released from prison in 2005, we, the political prisoners at Myingyan prison, were shown a documentary called “Doing Time,ÃÂ ...
Democratic Voice of Burma
April 27, 2017
In the recent case of the Myingyan Prison [riot], our commission found there were human right abuses. Prisoners did not get effective medicalÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
November 16, 2016
Ye Naing Win walked out of Myingyan Prison in 2005, expecting to conduct his labour activism in secret for the rest of his life. Before his arrestÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
October 18, 2016
Attendees at the one-year commemoration of the signing of the nationwide ceasefire agreement in Naypyidaw. / Htet Naing Zaw / TheÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
October 18, 2016
Myingyan Prison Warden Investigated after Protest. 12 October 2016. By-Elections to be Held on April 1, 18 Seats Up for Grabs. 12 OctoberÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
October 18, 2016
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi at the Bimstec summit in Goa, India. / Ministry of Information /ÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
October 12, 2016
For the past 20 years Professor Ball, an Australian, spent much of his time among Burma's ethnic people and armed groups. His books include The Ties ThatÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
October 12, 2016
Burma's State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at the joint press conference in Naypyidaw on Wednesday. / Htet Naing Zaw / The Irrawaddy.
myanmar-now
October 11, 2016
... deputy director of the Correctional Department of Ministry of Home Affairs, said about 700 prisoners in Myingyan Prison in Mandalay Region,ÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
October 11, 2016
The warden of Myingyan Prison in Mandalay Region has been suspended following a melee that occurred yesterday morning betweenÃÂ ...
Mizzima News
May 25, 2016
Another MDA prisonerZau La was recently transferred to Myingyan prison in Mandalay Region from Khamti prison in Sagaing Region.
Amnesty International USA
March 10, 2016
Three of them are detained in Yangon's Insein prison. Two more student activists are being detained in Myingyan prison in Mandalay Region,ÃÂ ...
New York Times (blog)
July 24, 2013
Just one month before I was released from prison in 2005, we, the political prisoners at Myingyan prison, were shown a documentary calledÃÂ ...
Burma News International
May 26, 2016
Another MDA prisonerZau La was recently transferred to Myingyan prison in Mandalay Region from Khamti prison in Sagaing Region.
Amnesty International USA
March 10, 2016
Two more student activists are being detained in Myingyan prison in Mandalay Region, while their hearings are ongoing. Their prolonged detention is in violation of their right to personal liberty and to be tried without undue delay, a key component of ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
January 28, 2016
"After having been detained in Myingyan Prison and going to hearings for the past nine months, the court has finally decided to let them walk," said Moe Hein, the students' lawyer.
Eleven Myanmar
December 12, 2015
Students in Myingyan prison are demanding urgent medical checkups. They have not been found guilty of anything. The accused should be treated with justice.
Eleven Myanmar
December 2, 2015
We hear of violations of human rights in Myingyan Prison. This report doesn't mention whether the committee visits prisons across the country to inspect the human rights situation.
