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,…
The Ongoing Arrests of Political Activists in Burma Date… 27, May 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…
Monthly Chronology 2014 April The passing of celebrated political journalist and former political prisoner U Win Tin this month marks a huge loss for the democracy movement in Burma. AAPP would like to express our condolences to the family and…
Letter of Condolence for the Passing of U Win Tin by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) Date: 21 April 2014 We, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), wish to express our sorrow on hearing of the death of…
Summary of the current Situation March saw the Scrutinizing Committee face continued difficulties when working with the government. Ongoing attempts to gain clear information, access to political prisoners and discuss the remaining political prisoner situation have yet to gain results.There…
ABSDF (1998) Tortured voices To survive, one needs mental power. It can bring not only physical changes but also great achievements. We can say that it controls a Man’s vice and virtue. Without mental power, the ability to survive under…
ABSDF (1997) Pleading Not Guilty in Insein This report is about human courage and dignity. In face of the most stringent deprivation and under the harshest duress, man can stand up and show that there is still one freedom that…
AAPP (2005) The Darkness We See There is an increased focus on the conditions for prisoners and others who are kept in detention in the world today and there are good reasons for that. The number of prisoners worldwide is…
AAPP (2010) 10 Years On Moe Aye was born in Mandalay in 1964 and was a student at the Rangoon Institute of Technology throughout the 1988 pro-democracy uprising. During the uprising he joined the All Burma Federation of Student Union…
AAPP and United States Campaign for Burma (2008) The Future in the Dark The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) (AAPP) and the U.S. Campaign for Burma (USCB), believe that an immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners, including…