Sketching fellow inmates enabled political prisoner Ko Phoe to escape the grim reality of his situation and discover a new purpose in life
‘Amay Kyi,’ as her activist son’s friends called her, was a mother to many caught up in the deadly cycle of violence set in motion by Myanmar’s military
Dozens of ethnic Rohingya people incarcerated in Insein are subjected to dehumanising tasks in the prison, according to another inmate
The victim, who was accused of insulting the prison’s warden, also had a taser shoved in his mouth, a prison source claimed
The victim was also severely beaten by prison authorities after taking part in a Silent Strike protest in Insein Prison late last year