Myanmar: US Citizen Tortured in Yangon

Index Number: ASA 16/006/2009
Date Published: 24 September 2009
Categories: Myanmar

Trusted sources have reported to Amnesty international that male activist Kyaw Zaw Lwin was tortured and suffered other ill-treatment whilst in detention in Insein Prison, Yangon, Myanmar’s main city. He was arrested in Yangon on 3 September. He has been denied medical treatment for the injuries he sustained from the torture he endured during interrogation. There are grave concerns about his health.