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Political prisoner handed three-year sentence for hunger strike
Naung Htet Aung and other inmates who took part in the protest at Mandalay’s Obo Prison were also severely beaten, sources said
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Obo Prison authorities crack down on July 7 protests
The incident comes about a month after two protesting political prisoners were reportedly beaten to death inside the prison
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Junta arbitrarily transferring political prisoners between detention centres, relatives say
Family members are reportedly not informed that their loved ones have been moved until after they have been relocated—often from urban prisons to more remote sites
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Political prisoners shot, beaten to death in Mandalay, Hpa-an crackdowns
Recent incidents inside some of Myanmar’s most notorious prisons point to harsher repression and deepening tensions
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Gunshots heard from Obo prison after inmates stage protest on 1988 anniversary
Prison officials have denied hurting inmates or putting them in isolation, but have vowed to punish the protesters
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