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Amnesty International: Myanmar: Health concern/torture and other ill-treatment: U Win Tin (m) [Urgent Agent]
U Win Tin, the longest-serving prisoner of conscience in Myanmar, needs urgent medical attention. He has recently been suffering from severe asthma attacks and lung problems. He also has heart disease and spondylitis (inflammation of the joints of the spine). He is allowed to see a doctor regularly, who prescribes him medicine, but this is inadequate, and he has not received the medical treatment he desperately needs from the authorities in Yangon’s Insein Prison, where he has been in solitary confinement for much of the past 19 years. Read More »
Amnesty International: Myanmar: Health concern/torture and other ill-treatment: U Win Tin (m) [Urgent Agent]
U Win Tin, the longest-serving prisoner of conscience in Myanmar, needs urgent medical attention. He has recently been suffering from severe asthma attacks and lung problems. He also has heart disease and spondylitis (inflammation of the joints of the spine). He is allowed to see a doctor regularly, who prescribes him medicine, but this is inadequate, and he has not received the medical treatment he desperately needs from the authorities in Yangon’s Insein Prison, where he has been in solitary confinement for much of the past 19 years. Read More »
News from Burmese Media
Shan Herald Agency for News: Villagers tortured for "not seeing" the rebels
Shan Herald Agency for News: Ceasefire group under pressure to surrender
Kachin News Group: Junta set to earn thousands of million Kyat from motorcycle licenses
Narinjara News: Burmese Refugees Moved to Better Camps in Bangladesh
Narinjara News: Transportation Halted After Road Collapse
Mizzima News: Aid groups face soaring rent prices
Shan Herald Agency for News: Villagers tortured for "not seeing" the rebels
Shan Herald Agency for News: Ceasefire group under pressure to surrender
Kachin News Group: Junta set to earn thousands of million Kyat from motorcycle licenses
Narinjara News: Burmese Refugees Moved to Better Camps in Bangladesh
Narinjara News: Transportation Halted After Road Collapse
Mizzima News: Aid groups face soaring rent prices
News from Regional/International Media
Xinhua Online: Doctors invited to provide free medical care to Myanmar's cyclone victims
Channel News Asia: Myanmar charges 14 Suu Kyi supporters for demonstration
San Francisco Chronicle: Chevron's dilemma over its stake in Burma
Xinhua Online: Doctors invited to provide free medical care to Myanmar's cyclone victims
Channel News Asia: Myanmar charges 14 Suu Kyi supporters for demonstration
San Francisco Chronicle: Chevron's dilemma over its stake in Burma
Opinion/Other
UPI Asia Online: Burma's longest-held political prisoner [Commentary] - Zin Linn
Bangkok Post: Imprisonment fails to dim love - Kyaw Zwa Moe
UPI Asia Online: Burma's longest-held political prisoner [Commentary] - Zin Linn
Bangkok Post: Imprisonment fails to dim love - Kyaw Zwa Moe
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