Burma – Politics: Punishment of 12 political prisoners on the occasion of Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday
The measure is only the latest sign of tensions in Burmese prisons, where thousands of people remain behind bars for opposing the regime. Twelve political prisoners were placed in solitary confinement after the prison learned that they were planning a protest on the birthday of Burma’s ousted civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on Sunday … Read more