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Mizzima A total of 101 inmates, including eleven political prisoners, were released from Pyay and Paungde prisons on 17 April, as part of a nationwide amnesty granted by the junta to mark the traditional Myanmar New Year. (confirmed by 4 sources) [1]

Thirty-one political prisoners, including 15 women, were beaten and placed in solitary confinement in Bago Region’s Tharyarwaddy Prison for commemorating Martyrs’ Day, according to groups that monitor political prisoners in Myanmar. [2]

Mizzima Prison officials and wardens at Bago’s Daik-U Prison and Ayeyarwady’s Myaungmya Prison are allegedly extorting money from inmates, with those unable to pay facing torture, according to the Political Prisoners Network Myanmar (PPNM). [3]

Mizzima Around 100 prisoners, including approximately 50 political prisoners, from Monywa Prison in Sagaing Region, were transferred by ship via the Chindwin River, according to the Political Prisoners Network – Myanmar (PPNM). [4]

Twenty-eight political prisoners in Kale Prison, Sagaing Region, have been kept in solitary confinement with their legs shackled for nearly two years, according to the Political Prisoners Network Myanmar (PPNM) They were accused of plotting a jailbre... [5]

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[1] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-04-18 · 100% match

Myanmar junta releases 101 inmates from Pyay and Paungde prisons, including 11 political prisoners

Mizzima A total of 101 inmates, including eleven political prisoners, were released from Pyay and Paungde prisons on 17 April, as part of a nationwide amnesty granted by the junta to mark the traditional Myanmar New Year.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-08-04 · 100% match

Political Prisoners Tortured for Honoring Myanmar’s Martyrs’ Day

Thirty-one political prisoners, including 15 women, were beaten and placed in solitary confinement in Bago Region’s Tharyarwaddy Prison for commemorating Martyrs’ Day, according to groups that monitor political prisoners in Myanmar.

[3] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-08-19 · 100% match

Inmates at prisons in Bago and Ayeyarwady region face extortion and abuse by officials

Mizzima Prison officials and wardens at Bago’s Daik-U Prison and Ayeyarwady’s Myaungmya Prison are allegedly extorting money from inmates, with those unable to pay facing torture, according to the Political Prisoners Network Myanmar (PPNM).

[4] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-09-25 · 100% match

About 100 prisoners in Myanmar, including political prisoners, transferred from Monywa Prison via the Chindwin River

Mizzima Around 100 prisoners, including approximately 50 political prisoners, from Monywa Prison in Sagaing Region, were transferred by ship via the Chindwin River, according to the Political Prisoners Network – Myanmar (PPNM).

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-01-09 · 100% match

Myanmar Prisoners Shackled for Almost Two Years

Twenty-eight political prisoners in Kale Prison, Sagaing Region, have been kept in solitary confinement with their legs shackled for nearly two years, according to the Political Prisoners Network Myanmar (PPNM) They were accused of plotting a jailbre

[6] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2026-01-07 · 100% match

Political prisoners in Magway Prison brutalized and isolated for resisting forced labour and corruption

Mizzima The Political Prisoners Network Myanmar (PPNM) reported on 5 January 2026, that 35 political prisoners at Magway Prison were severely beaten by prison authorities and placed in solitary confinement after refusing to perform dishwashing duties

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-04-09 · 100% match

At Least 13 Political Prisoners Died in Early 2024: Activists

At least 13 political prisoners died in junta detainment in the first quarter of 2024, compared with two in the same period last year, according to the Political Prisoners Network Myanmar (PPN).

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-08-17 · 100% match

In Myanmar Prisons, Showing Solidarity With Martyrs Leads to Solitary Confinement

Seventeen of the 31 political prisoners in Bago Region’s Tharyarwaddy Prison who were placed in solitary confinement after they marked Martyrs’ Day in July remain in solitary confinement, the Myanmar Political Prisoners Network said.

[9] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-10-09 · 100% match

Myanmar CDM political prisoners in Monywa Prison coerced to submit petitions

Mizzima Political prisoners involved in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) in Monywa Prison, Sagaing Region, are facing pressure from prison authorities to submit petitions, reported the Political Prisoners Network-Myanmar (PPNM).

[10] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2026-03-06 · 100% match

Political prisoner advocates dispute Myanmar junta’s “inflated” amnesty figures as thousands remain behind bars

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