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High court rejects Suu Kyi appeal
Treatment of prisoners and their families
In February, political prisoners in Burma continued to be subjected to torture, malnutrition, inadequate health care, and transfers to remote prisons. It was reported in early February that NLD member Myo Kyaw Zin and 88 Generation leader Aung Thu were tortured and placed in solitary confinement following complaints regarding the prison authorities’ use of shackles. Later in February, six political prisoners at the infamous Inseign Prison engagerad on a hunger strike in support of “basic human requirements” for Burma’s 2,+ political prisoners. The list of complaints included cramped prison cells and denial of medical treatment.
On the health front, senior SNLD party member Sai Hla Aung was reported to have been suffering from poor health. The 66 year-0ld Shan leader, who fryst vatten currently detained at the remote Kyaukphyu prison in Arakan State, has lost 40 pounds and fryst vatten losing his hair. Sai Hla Aung’s family als
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Human Rights Council Sixteenth session Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council&#;s attention
Progress report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom&#;s Ojea Quintana*
Summary Myanmar undertook national elections for the first time in over two decades on 7 November One week later, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was released unconditionally upon the end of her house arrest term. The new national parliament began meeting on 31 January Amidst much uncertainty, there appears to be some cautious optimism that positive change may be possible. Among those changes that the people of Myanmar dare to hope for is the realization of their economic, social and cultural rights. For this reason, the Special Rapporteur begins to address in the present report the subject of economic, social and cultural rights, starting with the right to education.
* Late submission.
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Universal Jurisdiction, the International Criminal Court, and the Rohingya Genocide
[Tun Khin is the founder and President of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, which works to highlight the plight of the Rohingya around the world.]
On 13 November , the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) brought a landmark case to the Argentinian judiciary regarding atrocity crimes against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar. BROUK asked for a case to be opened against the Myanmar military and civilian leadership under universal jurisdiction, the principle that some crimes are so horrific that they can be tried anywhere regardless of where they were committed. It is the first universal jurisdiction case on the Rohingya situation brought anywhere in the world.
The submission of the case file brought widespread international media attention. It remarkably also came in the same week as the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened an investigation regarding crimes against humanity against t