Military imprisoned about 6,600 anti-junta activists last year
Since the 2021 coup, nearly 20,000 have been detained, rights group says.
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Since the 2021 coup, nearly 20,000 have been detained, rights group says.
Authorities fear they will defect to the armed resistance, sources say.
The Political Prisoners Network- Myanmar has expressed concern about the limited number of items allowed to be sent by visitors to inmates in various prisons across Myanmar, including Myitkyina Prison, which denies prisoners sufficient food. U Thaik Tun Oo, a member of the steering committee of the afore-mentioned network, informed the Myitkyina News Journal that the food
Family members believe that transfers are an excuse to execute the prisoners without accountability.
The move is part of a crackdown by the junta on correctional officers.