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Beyond the Headlines: Junta minister urges staff at Myanmar’s notorious prisons to tighten security
Myanmar Now provides an overview of underreported developments in the country over the past week, January 9-16
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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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Myanmar prison authorities lift restrictions on sending packages to inmates
The restrictions were imposed in the wake of a deadly bombing that killed eight people inside Yangon’s Insein Prison on October 19
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Myanmar prisons suspend delivery of mail, parcels to inmates ‘until further notice’
Family members of political prisoners are concerned about the risk of increased repression and the wellbeing of their loved ones
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Political prisoners transferred to Myingyan singled out for frequent beatings
Officers and wardens ‘beat them while telling them that they can’t expect to have human rights in prison,’ says an activist in contact with the detainees
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