Myingyan Prison
- News
Myanmar prison officials interrogated for allegedly helping dissidents; one feared dead
The officials are accused of allowing political prisoners to use mobile phones, an offence for which many have faced harsh penalties
- News
Prisoner beaten to death in Myingyan Prison
The prison, which holds hundreds of political detainees, has become one of the most notorious in the country since last year’s coup
- News
Political prisoners die after being denied emergency medical interventions in Mandalay
Detainees in both Obo and Meiktila prisons have died after junta prison staff reject their requests for urgent medical support, insiders say
- News
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
- News
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