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Time to release Aung San Suu Kyi | Amnesty International
25 March 2008

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is the best-known of more than 1850 known political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Myanmar.

Appeal For Action      

Myanmar: Fear of Torture or ill treatment / Health
21 February 2008

Thet Zin and Sein Win Maung, both journalists working for the weekly journal ‘Myanmar Nation’, were arrested on 15 February 2008. It is believed they are being ...

Urgent Action       ASA 16/005/2008

Myanmar: Further information on Health concern/ Fear of torture or ...
20 February 2008

Htay Kywe, Mie Mie, Aung Thu and Zaw Htet Ko Ko are believed to have been charged on 23 January 2008 with breaking a vaguely worded security law. They are being ...

Urgent Action       ASA 16/003/2008

Myanmar: Further information on Fear of torture or ill-treatment ...
19 February 2008

Buddhist monk U Gambira and his brother Aung Kyaw Kyaw have recently been charged under a vaguely worded security law. Similar politically motivated charges have ...

Urgent Action       ASA 16/004/2008

Myanmar: Further information on UA 219/07 - Health concern/Fear of ...
29 January 2008

Min Ze Ya, Paw U Tun, Ko Ko Gyi and seven other political activists arrested since August 2007 were charged with breaking a vaguely worded security law on 23 January ...

Urgent Action       ASA 16/002/2008

Myanmar: Arrests increasing four months on | Amnesty International
25 January 2008

Press release: Amnesty International condemns the Myanmar government’s continued imprisonment of political activists, which new research reveals.

Press Release      

Why is Amnesty International in Davos? | Amnesty International
25 January 2008

Judit Arenas writes from the World Economic Forum in Davos about talking to those that can take steps to improve human rights – not just governments, but also co

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UN Human Rights Council resumed sixth session: Promise for the ...
20 December 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Public Statement AI Index: IOR 41/029/2007 (Public) 20 December 2007. UN Human Rights Council resumed sixth ...

Document       IOR 41/029/2007

Myanmar: UN Human Rights Council must pressure Myanmar
12 December 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 12 th December 2007. AI Index: ASA 16/043/2007. MYANMAR: UN Human Rights Council must pressure Myanmar. ...

Document       ASA 16/043/2007

UN Human Rights Council: Resumed sixth session - 10-14 December ...
10 December 2007

This document is a compilation of statements delivered during the second part of the sixth regular session of the Human Rights Council that took place from 10 to ...

Report       IOR 41/028/2007