For 134 years, Insein Prison has stood as a monument to brutality. Since the Feb. 1 coup, journalists, elected leaders and pro-democracy protesters have been held in the aging facility.
Myanmar Regime Threatens Severe Action Against AAPP
Myanmar Regime Threatens Severe Action Against AAPP
Police carry two men hit by bullets in a cart after the deadly crackdown on anti-regime protesters at Mogok, Mandalay Region on April 17. / CJ
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By The Irrawaddy 27 April 2021
Myanmar’s military junta announced Monday that it will take severe action against the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), accusing the group of inflating the number of those killed by the junta’s forces.
AAPP has been documenting the fatalities and arrests at the hands of the military regime’s forces since the Feb. 1 coup.
The United Nations, news media, and other international governments have been relying upon the numbers compiled by the association.
Myanmar people will be disappointed and angry that ASEAN failed to hold the military regime to account for its coup and the deaths of over 700 civilians.