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Yahoo News UK
January 16, 2018
BANGKOK (AP) — Activist Nyo Tun spent 10 years as a political prisoner locked away by Myanmar's military in the notorious Insein prison, where he endured beatings and other cruelty for his efforts to bring democracy. "The military government was so brutal for many years," he said of the former junta,ÃÂ ...
MediaFile
January 15, 2018
Journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been charged with violating the Official Secrets Act shortly after reporting the escape of about 655,000 Rohingya Muslims from militant persecutors in the Rakhine State. According to Reuters, the journalists were detained on Dec. 12, 2017, after being invited toÃÂ ...
The Epoch Times
January 15, 2018
“They arrested us and took action against us because we were trying to reveal the truth,” Wa Lone told reporters as he and Kyaw Soe Oo were led out of the court and back to Yangon's Insein prison after the 30-minute hearing. Khin Maung Zaw, a lawyer representing the two journalists, said the chargesÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
January 15, 2018
While San Zaw Htway was in Insein prison, serving a 36-year sentence, he would gather the inedible, raw grains that were mixed in with his daily bowl of rice and throw them a few yards in order to feed the sparrows that gathered along a prison fence. At first, he had to throw the grains down three flights ofÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
January 15, 2018
YANGON — Daw Tin Thuzar, 59, who was serving a prison sentence of 16 years and one month for torturing two young domestic workers, died on Saturday at the Insein Prison hospital, according to her lawyer Daw Hnin Su Aung. Daw Tin Thuzar is one of four members of the family that owns the Ava TailorÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
December 29, 2017
It is sad that he was in solitary confinement in Insein Prison when he died on June 8, 1997. I heard he fell while he was meditating and then lost consciousness. Then he was sent to the prison hospital and died later. Could you tell me about that day? Kaung Myat Shwe: We only know what the militaryÃÂ ...
The Times
December 31, 1999
Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, were returned after the hearing in Rangoon to the notorious Insein prison, where they have spent almost a month. They were arrested on December 12 after going to meet police officers who are understood to have given them secret documents. If convicted they face upÃÂ ...
BBC News
December 31, 1999
After the 30-minute hearing, he and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, were taken back to Insein prison. There were emotional scenes outside the courthouse where the journalists family members were gathered, AFP news agency reported. Wa Lone shouted to reporters that he was "trying to be strong". The pair are dueÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
September 29, 2017
The former director of Insein prison who was in charge when the Scorpions were prisoners refused to answer any questions. Where the venomÃÂ ...
Frontier Myanmar
September 18, 2017
I was granted bail on August 8 from Dagon Township Court, but was brought back to Insein Prison because there was still a case in TarmweÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
September 14, 2017
The group spent the next four months and four days in an annex of Rangoon's Insein Prison. Win Maw Oo, a 15-year-old Rangoon student,ÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
September 13, 2017
... yelling and threatening to harm people of other religion, was jailed for eight days in Insein Prison, a police officer told The Myanmar Times onÃÂ ...
Frontier Myanmar
September 6, 2017
Barely a month after completing a 10-year prison sentence, he was re-arrested on August 18 and remanded the following day in Insein Prison.
Frontier Myanmar
September 3, 2017
Aung Ko Htwe was nonetheless returned to custody at Insein Prison after the trial concluded. His next hearing will take place on September 8.
Myanmar Times
August 28, 2017
“We are starting to transfer about 100 prisoners from Insein prison to Daik-U prison. It will be opened soon and it had been approved to openÃÂ ...
Channel NewsAsia
August 21, 2017
She added he was currently being held at Yangon's notorious Insein prison with the first court date scheduled for September 1. Police in DagonÃÂ ...
Eleven Myanmar
August 18, 2017
Win Ko Ko Latt, Thet Myo Oo, Naung Daw Lay, also known as Naing Win Tun, and Nay Win Aung were detained in Insein Prison. The threeÃÂ ...
Frontier Myanmar
August 15, 2017
Both men spent nearly two months behind bars at Insein Prison before a bail application was granted in January. During a testy mediaÃÂ ...
Radio Free Asia
August 15, 2017
Families of detained 88 Student Group leaders seek family members at Yangon's Insein prison and other detention centers. Authorities do not confirm where theÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
August 8, 2017
This year, 67 prisoners at Insein Prison, 81 at Mandalay and 31 from Thayawady are engaged in basic education programs, according to theÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
August 8, 2017
Ten years later, in late 1998, in a cell block in Rangoon's Insein Prison, I found myself a neighbor of Naing Lin, a former army corporal jailed forÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
August 8, 2017
Members of Myanmar Human Rights Commission are pictured after their inspection of Insein prison in Yangon on March 14, 2017. / Pyay KyawÃÂ ...
Coconuts
August 8, 2017
Five of the students were serving time at Mandalay's Obo Prison, and the other two at Insein Prison. They were granted amnesty underÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
August 7, 2017
The fourth painting depicts a pinball machine, which the artist compares to Insein Prison. “There are ups and downs, and entry and departure inÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
August 7, 2017
She was tortured during interrogations and jailed for six years in Insein Prison. The long-time activist co-founded the Democracy and PeaceÃÂ ...
Coconuts
August 4, 2017
The editor-in-chief of The Voice has been released on bail following more than two months' detention in Insein Prison, his lawyer confirmedÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
July 31, 2017
After that, the political prisoners were sent back to Insein Prison in Yangon. “The military dictator repelled by our eight heroes have beenÃÂ ...
Radio Free Asia
July 31, 2017
They transferred him from Yangon's Insein Prison, where he was held overnight, to Mandalay to face charges for violating Article 66(d) of theÃÂ ...
University of California
July 27, 2017
Two months later, Nu, her mother, and her two siblings were charged with the same offenses and sentenced to 17 years at Insein PrisonÃÂ ...
Frontier Myanmar
July 23, 2017
Hanged at Insein Prison in 1976, the only student activist to have been executed under junta rule, Salai Tin Maung Oo's last words on theÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
July 20, 2017
Five officials of a company operating international schools in the country have been detained in Insein central prison in Yangon while beingÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
July 20, 2017
Five officials of a company operating international schools in the country have been detained in Insein central prison in Yangon while beingÃÂ ...
Democratic Voice of Burma
June 25, 2017
Released prisoners make their way out of Insein Prison in Rangoon on 12 October 2011. (Photo: Reuters). By MYANMAR NOW; 26 June 2017; PrintÃÂ ...
The New Yorker
December 31, 1999
Along with her sister, brother, mother, and father, she was held in Yangon's notorious Insein Prison. To wash, she was given three cups of waterÃÂ ...
Scout
December 31, 1999
... and South Korean family members are arranged. Kang languishes in Insein prison for a quarter century, becoming its longest-serving inmate.
Myanmar Times
February 23, 2017
Two of the songs on the new album were written when he was in Insein Prison in 2007. At this time he was writing songs about politics, philosophy, and even love songs.
Myanmar Times
February 22, 2017
A guard closes a gate leading to Insein prison in Yangon. Photo - AFP. A team led by U Yu Lwin Aung will go to the cells starting today (February 23) and observe the situation and conditions, before issuing a report that contains the findings, analysis ...
Myanmar Times
February 21, 2017
The other 30 are serving time at the Insein Prison in Yangon. Prison Department deputy director U Min Htun Soe said the inmates will take the tests in the Ohbo Prison examination room.
Aliran Monthly
February 8, 2017
Besides the hard labour camp, I also visited Insein prison in Yangon, and Buthidaung and Sittwe prisons in Rakhine state. In these prisons, I met prisoners and detainees who were charged (and convicted) for criticising high-level government or militaryÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
January 29, 2017
CEO U Than Htut Aung has appeared in the Tarmwe Township Court on a stretcher in an ambulance since his lawyer said he suffered a heart attack in Insein Prison on November 23. According to the Tarmwe Township Court, the plaintiff has submitted a lineÃÂ ...
Frontier Myanmar
January 29, 2017
He alighted from the police van in which he had travelled from Insein Prison and entered a court in Botahtaung Township for the latest hearing in a case that activist group Burma Campaign UK has described as "an injustice in and of itself".
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
January 28, 2017
When Yettaw was arrested, the trio was moved to Insein Prison for four months while they awaited trial. "Yettaw was restless and behaved strangely.
Newstalk ZB
January 27, 2017
All three were sentenced to two-and-a-half years at the Insein Prison in Yangon. He was fed rice and gruel, and initially kept for 14 hours a day in a tiny stuffy cell that had an open sewer for a toilet.
Reliefweb
January 23, 2017
Besides the hard labour camp, I also visited Insein prison in Yangon, and Buthidaung and Sittwe prisons in Rakhine State. In these prisons, I met prisoners and detainees who were charged (and convicted) for criticising high-level Government or militaryÃÂ ...
Eleven Myanmar
January 23, 2017
"We have a plan to inspect Insein Prison. But we will first consult with the government. We informed the Yangon Region government committee about our plans via the parliamentary speaker.
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
January 18, 2017
Previously, the inmates had been transferred to Pathein from Rangoon's Insein Prison and Mon State's Mawlamyine Prison.
Myanmar Times
January 16, 2017
The two Eleven executives were bailed on January 6 after spending nearly three months in Insein Prison. The suit arose from a story that appeared in Eleven that appeared to suggest a link between an expensive timepiece allegedly worn by the chief ...
Eleven Myanmar
January 14, 2017
They were held in Insein Prison until Tamwe Township court granted Ks50 million bail to the pair on January 6. The next court hearing is scheduled for January 27.
Myanmar Times
January 10, 2017
For detained students hoping to sit the test, the new assessment centre means they can write the exam from within Mandalay's Central Prison, instead of requiring them to request a transfer to Yangon's Insein Prison. Educators hope the move will inspire ...
Myanmar Times
January 8, 2017
CEO U Than Htut Aung has appeared in the Tarmwe Township Court on a stretcher in an ambulance since his lawyer said he suffered a heart attack in Insein Prison on November 23. AFP reported that the January 6 bail request was accepted because theÃÂ ...
