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MYANMAR: Demand open trial, retrial and dropping of contempt proceedings in case of Phyo Wai Aung

Phyo Wai Aung Campaign

Open Letter : The Asian Human Rights Commission is writing to you concerning the case of Phyo Wai Aung, the young man whom the Myanmar Police Force have falsely accused of conducting a bombing at the traditional New Year festival during 2010. The AHRC has been closely following this case since the beginning, and has documented multitudinous miscarriages of justice throughout the investigation and trial proceedings. Read More...

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BURMA: Appeal for release from jail of former army officer & two other men

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Urgent Appeal Case : As the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has noted in a recent update (UAU-004-2012), we are very happy to see the release in recent months of many people on whose behalf we have campaigned for a number of years. However, many other unjustly imprisoned persons remain in Burma's jails. As at this time people see the opportunity and prospects for release are better than in recent years, many are appealing for amnesty or for reviews of their cases. In this appeal we bring you the case of a former army officer and two other men imprisoned in 2010 on a confession extracted through use of torture. Read More...

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Torture in Burma

Anecdotal evidence is that torture is endemic although it is not possible to document and report systematically due to prevailing conditions in the country. Torture and cruel and inhuman treatment or punishment occurs in both political and ordinary criminal cases as well as in other settings, and is practiced by the police, military intelligence officers, soldiers, prisons officers, and executive officers (such as council officials) acting in a policing capacity.

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