The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) reported on 1 September that, as of 31 August 2024, 5,649 women have been detained under political pretexts and 1,132 women have been killed in Myanmar since the 2021 military coup.
In a report titled “Women Behind Bars in the Spring Revolution”,” AAPP revealed that eight people died in junta-run prisons, two in police stations and four during interrogation.
In addition, the Political Prisoners Network – Myanmar (PPNM) reports that the military council continues to arrest and detain women who were politically active during the coup period and that these political prisoners are subjected to human rights violations in prisons.
A female member of the PPNM said: “Once they are arrested, they face any kind of charges. These people are not guilty until it is proven in court. From the moment they are arrested, they are beaten. They are handcuffed, they are put in military vehicles, some are sent for interrogation. Others are taken straight to prison. Some die unnoticed during interrogation.”
She went on to explain that the junta had transferred around 40 political prisoners from Kyaikmaraw Prison in Mon State to Daik-U Prison in the Bago region in mid-June. Among them were three female political prisoners, and those from other prisons – seven in total – were arbitrarily beaten by prison authorities, resulting in injuries.
According to the PPNM, about 200 female political prisoners from Mon State are currently detained in Kyaikmaraw Prison.
In June, over 80 female political prisoners were beaten by prison authorities at Daik-U Prison, with five women injured and over 30 others placed in solitary confinement.
Sent by IMNA.
