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A Myanmar artist finds freedom behind bars—by portraying prisoners’ oppression
Sketching fellow inmates enabled political prisoner Ko Phoe to escape the grim reality of his situation and discover a new purpose in life
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The mother who dedicated her life to love—and lost it to the revolution
‘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
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Rohingya inmates ‘beaten brutally’ and forced to clean faeces, Insein Prison source says
Dozens of ethnic Rohingya people incarcerated in Insein are subjected to dehumanising tasks in the prison, according to another inmate
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Beatings leave Insein prisoner with head injuries and broken arm
The victim, who was accused of insulting the prison’s warden, also had a taser shoved in his mouth, a prison source claimed
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Political prisoner hospitalised after beating by criminal convicts
The victim was also severely beaten by prison authorities after taking part in a Silent Strike protest in Insein Prison late last year
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