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Date: 8 September 2007
Today, the Assistance Association
for Political Prisoners (AAPP) has received unconfirmed information
that 88 Generation leader, Kyaw Min Yu (aka Jimmy), has been tortured
to death while being interrogated under the orders of Burma’s
military regime, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).
In addition, that Kyaw Kyaw
Htwe (aka Markee) and Min Zeya have been hospitalized as a result
of severe torture.
The AAPP, express our grave
concern for the fate of these three activists, and the rest of
those being arbitrarily detained.
We call on the SPDC to unconditionally
release all political prisoners. We demand that they immediately
end torture and ill-treatment in interrogation centers, and inform
the family members of detainees of their whereabouts and condition.
We also call on the international community, and the United Nations,
to treat this issue with the utmost priority and to pressure the
SPDC into positive action.
The People of Burma continue to suffer desperately under the consequences
of the sudden increase in fuel and commodity prices, enforced
by the SPDC military regime from mid-August.
To draw attention to the hardships
faced by ordinary people, the 1988 pro-democracy “88 Generation”
student leaders, initiated peaceful demonstrations from 19 August,
2007. These non-violent protests spread from Rangoon to various
towns around the country, and have drawn the involvement of monks,
members of the National League for Democracy, Members of Parliament
and ordinary people. The SPDC response has been to crackdown harshly.
Approximately 150 people have been arrested and detained, including
the 88 Generation student leaders, whose homes were raided on
21 August.
Since these arrests, there has been no official information on
their whereabouts and how they have been treated. We, of the Assistance
Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) are nervous for the
fate of our brothers and sisters, based on our own experiences
of torture and ill-treatment by the military authorities, and
the SPDC’s adeptness for propaganda and misinformation in
the media.
Assistance Association for
Political Prisoners (Burma)
More information: Tate
Naing 66-81-287-8751
Bo Kyi 66-81-324-8935
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