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    490 Search results for "torture"

    International Relations Lead Story News Rohingya

    UN official says violence and torture continues on Rohingya

    Crimes verging on genocide were being committed against the Rohingya minority in Burma, and those crimes bore “the fingerprints of the Myanmar government and of the international community,” the United Nations special adviser on the prevention of genocide said on Tuesday.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    ‘It was torture’: Grim tales in Thai fishing sector despite reforms

    Trafficked into work and routinely abused, migrant fishermen in Thailand are still subject to forced labour despite efforts by the government to clean up the industry, advocacy groups say.

    Human Rights Lead Story News

    Junta blocks release of Amnesty report on torture in Thailand

    Amnesty International vows to continue to investigate torture in Thailand after being forced to cancel a press conference to release a report into widespread allegations.

    Human Rights Lead Story News

    Thai junta allows ‘culture of torture’ to flourish: Amnesty

    Amnesty International says Thailand’s military government has allowed a “culture of torture” to flourish since the army seized power in a 2014 coup.

    Labour Issues Lead Story News Rangoon

    A sordid case of enslavement and torture at a Rangoon tailor shop

    The four detained suspects are all members of one family that operated the Ava Tailors garment shop in the heart of Rangoon’s old colonial quarter.

    Conflict Ethnic issues Human Rights Lead Story News

    Torture report ban shows limits of rights under NLD: CSOs

    Rights groups say a decision by the Rangoon government to ban the release of a report detailing abuses by the armed forces show the limits of new freedoms under civilian rule.

    Lead Story News

    Shan men say Burmese soldiers tortured them

    Two ethnic Shan villagers were detained and tortured by Burmese Army troops believing them to be rebel soldiers, according to a local civil society group.

    Koh Tao Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Koh Tao murders: Zaw Linn details police torture

    Burmese suspect testifies he was handcuffed, had a bag placed over his head, and was beaten, before police threatened to extract his teeth with pliers.

    Arakan Lead Story Military News

    Army says Arakan accused were not tortured

    Twenty Arakanese locals standing accused of unlawful association with the Arakan Army appeared in Kyauktaw township court for their second hearing.

    Lead Story Media Military News

    Par Gyi shot to death, but not tortured: MNHRC

    MNHRC says Par Gyi died from gunshot wounds to the head, chest, thigh and heel, but there was no evidence of torture. His widow and her lawyer reject the findings.

    Human Rights Lead Story Media News

    Par Gyi tortured before death

    According to eye-witness Nay Myo Zin, the corpse showed signs of torture: a broken jaw, a caved in skull and swelling on the torso indicating broken ribs.

    Crime Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Koh Tao ‘murderers’ were tortured, says Burmese embassy lawyer

    A lawyer contracted by the Burmese embassy to defend Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun, who are accused of murdering two British tourists, said the men confessed to the crimes but told the legal team they had been tortured.

    Lead Story News Society

    Burmese police still torture detainees, UN told

    As the 27th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council convened this week, a legal advisory group has warned that Burma’s police force still uses torture during interrogations.

    Lead Story News Politics Shan

    Army says officers were punished for Namhkam tortures

    Two Burmese Army officers who oversaw the beating of a Shan State village chief and community leaders have been transferred out of the region.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Thai court awards 4.6 million baht in damages for tortured Karen girl

    A Thai court has awarded a compensation of 4.6 million baht to a young Karen girl who escaped her Thai employers last year after being subjected to four years of continuous abuse.

    Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Burmese army tortured Shan civilians, says rights group

    The Shan Human Right Foundation has accused the Burmese army of an attack on 11 villages in Shan State, in which civilians were tortured.

    Govt minister says Taungoo bomber did not confess under torture video

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Video

    Govt minister says Taungoo bomber did not confess under torture

    KNU leaders visit the suspect charged with bombing a Taungoo guesthouse in which two people died, after he changed his statement to the police about his involvement in the attack.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Ex-political prisoners detail torture methods at Insein

    Former political prisoners hold a press conference for the first time in 23 years to reveal how they were subjected to physical and psychological torture in Insein prison.

    Health News Politics

    Karen torture victim recovering after successful round of operations

    The 12-year-old Karen child who was severely scarred after being enslaved and tortured for more than five years by a Thai couple has successfully completed her first round of operations

    News Politics

    Young riot suspect says police tortured him in custody

    A 15-year-old Buddhist boy told a local court that he was tortured by police after being arrested in central Burma on suspicion of participating in anti-Muslim riots

    News Politics

    Opposition MP urges parliament to sign UN convention on torture

    On Tuesday, a proposal in Burma’s lower house to sign a UN convention against torture was tabled and put on record

    News Politics

    Burma to help Karen girl ‘enslaved’ and ‘tortured’ in Thailand

    The Burmese embassy has pledged to provide medical and legal assistance to a 12-year-old Karen girl, who was allegedly kidnapped, tortured and kept as a household slave for over five years by a Thai couple

    Interview

    Phyo Wei Aung: ‘I was tortured’

    After being pardoned on Friday, DVB’s Naw Noreen spoke with Phyo Wei Aung, who had previously been found guilty of masterminding the bombings in Rangoon during Buddhist New Year in[…]

    News Politics

    Teenager ‘tortured, forced into sex trade’

    International Labour Organisation receives case of 17-year-old girl forced by aunt to sleep with up to 10 clients each day

    Health News

    Tortured activist dies days after jail release

    Thet Nwe underwent bouts of severe torture and was sent to a psychiatric ward twice during his term in Insein prison before his 13 January release

    News Politics

    Detained Prome youths tortured

    Two youths detained in Prome were allegedly tortured during interrogation according to sources close to the family

    News Politics

    Tortured orphan returns to school

    Fortunes change for 9-year-old hospitalised following severe torture as public donations allow him to rebuild his life

    Health News

    Child torturer sentenced

    A man facing charges of severely torturing a child in Irrawaddy Division’s Henzada town has been sentenced to seven years in prison yesterday

    News Politics

    Recaptured child soldier tortured: mother

    Child soldier ran away from the army is feared to be under torture after captured by authorities for desertion

    Health News

    Boy, 9, hospitalised after ‘severe torture’

    Orphan burned with hot iron and forced to eat animal faeces by employer is ejected from hospital after failing to pay medical fees

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