Tag: political prisoners

The human rights group also alleged that authorities “planted pieces of evidence” and “perjured testimonies” against the accused

“Clearly, petitioners’ right against unreasonable search and seizures was blatantly trampled upon,” Gaspar-Gito said in the decision

"Are you truly free out there? Or have you resigned yourselves to be shackled by the chains of your fears, your anxieties, your apathy?"

The bishop said he is still holding on to hope that the country’s justice system “works and cares for those who have less in life”

Observers say the move is a bid to appease the international community at a time when the junta is facing both global and domestic pressure

At least 600 political prisoners are currently detained in various jails across the country, at least 60 of whom are considered sickly

The bishop said persons deprived of liberty are vulnerable to COVID-19 due to the situation in the country's jails and prisons

UN estimates up to 200,000 people are held in a vast network of gulags run by Stasi-like secret police

In his annual "state of the world" address, the pope urged Myanmar's military leaders to return to the path of democracy

There were no family nor friends in the detention cell where the baby, Randall Emmanuel, spent the holidays