Daw Nyo Aye, chairperson of the Rakhine Women Network (RWN), was slapped with sedition charges under Article 505 after her arrest by the police at her residence in Mingan ward, Sittwe Township on August 15th. Following her interrogation by the police on August 13th in relation to the 56th annual commemoration of the Rice Crisis organized by the Rakhine State Student Union, Daw
The leaders of Myanmar’s military regime and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had a meeting regarding the issue of allowing family members to meet with prison inmates. The regime’s second in command, Vice Senior General Soe Win, held a meeting with ICRC Director of Operations Martin Schuepp in Naypyidaw on March 8, according to state-run media. The ICRC