Myanmar

Political prisoners set free in Myanmar - 24 February 2009

Twenty-four political prisoners have been set free in Myanmar after the government announced that it would release 6,313 prisoners. 

Myanmar minority group in peril - 2 February 2009

Hundreds of Myanmar's Rohingya people are missing at sea and many more are at risk of drowning after Thai authorities forcibly expelled large groups of Rohingyas see

Video: Sixty years of human rights failure - 27 May 2008

Amnesty International has challenged world leaders to apologize for six decades of human rights failure and re-commit themselves to deliver concrete improvements.

Harsh sentences for Myanmar dissidents - 13 November 2008

Fourteen dissidents are sentenced to 65 years' imprisonment each, as Myanmar's military government ignores calls by the international community to clean up its human

Myanmar: Harsh sentences for 14 dissidents reveal government’s true intentions - 11 November 2008

Today’s sentencing of at least 14 dissidents who took part in the 2007 anti-government demonstrations to 65 years’ imprisonment each is a powerful reminder
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Released prisoner rearrested in Myanmar - 26 September 2008

Amnesty International confirmed on Friday that one of the seven prisoners of conscience freed this week, U Win Htein, was re-arrested a few hours after his release.

Myanmar activist at risk of torture - 16 September 2008

An anti-government activist leader in Myanmar remains at risk of torture following her arrest last Wednesday.

No moving backwards for Myanmar - 8 August 2008

Twenty years after the brief flowering of people power in Myanmar, however, little has improved for the millions of people still suffering under repressive rule.