Recently in Burma Category
Al menos tres monjes budistas birmanos murieron y otros nueve siguen desaparecidos después de la brutal represión de las manifestaciones a favor de la democracia del pasado septiembre, denunció una asociación de religiosos.
La Alianza de Todos los Monjes Budistas de Birmania (AABBM, siglas en inglés) dijo que dos de ellos fallecieron por disparos y el tercero, adscrito a un monasterio en la región de la minoría étnica karen, fue torturado hasta la muerte por los mismos soldados que asediaron su templo, informó hoy la publicación disidente 'The Irrawaddy'.
Case MMR 201207
Arbitrary arrest and detention/ Fear of forced
disappearance/ Risk of torture
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation
Against Torture (OMCT) requests your urgent intervention in the following
situation in Burma/Myanmar.
Brief description of the
situation
The International Secretary of OMCT has been informed by
a reliable source and Antenna International, member organisation of the OMCT
SOS-Torture network, about the arbitrary arrest of Mrs. Khin Moe Aye, Mr. Kyaw Soe and Mr. Zaw Min (aka Bound Bound), all three members of the
88 Generation Students group[1] and former political prisoners, by the Burmese military
junta on 18 December 2007. Mrs. Khin Moe Aye and Mr. Kyaw Soe were reportedly
arrested at Pegu (Bago), 50 miles North of Rangoon, while Mr. Zaw Min was
arrested in
Further to our previous recent updates on the situation in Burma, this is the first appeal by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) since last week on specific cases of disappearance in Rangoon: it includes details about the disappearance of a 30-year-old mother of two and three teenage sisters, as well as news on some other cases and incidents to which we are drawing your urgent attention.
For all statements, press releases, updates and media, visit the Burma Protests
2007 webpage of the AHRC.
DISAPPEARED
PERSONS
The AHRC has already observed that all persons who have been
taken by security forces in Burma during recent days must be considered as
forcibly disappeared until shown otherwise (AS-237-2007).
However, whereas some persons have been removed from their houses and their
families may know who took them and have some means to trace their whereabouts
and whether or not they are still alive, in other cases people have simply
disappeared without a trace.
Ibrahim Gambari, el enviado especial de la ONU, no podía hasta ayer hablar con la junta militar.
No
hay más protestas en las calles de Rangún y muchos monasterios están
vacíos en Birmania, pero las organizaciones de defensa de los derechos
humanos están preocupadas por la suerte de más de mil bonzos (monjes
budistas) y manifestantes, que fueron arrestados y sobre los cuales no
se han emitido noticias
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AS-237-2007
September 29,
2007
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission
As of yesterday, at least 700 monks and 500 other citizens have been taken away by security forces in every part of the country. They include prominent persons, such as comedian Par Par Lay in Mandalay, and staunch human rights defenders such as lawyer U Aye Myint in Pegu. They also include many members of the National League for Democracy, such as U Aye Ko and Daw Khin Whaing, who were arrested by police and council officials in Pegu at 9:30pm on September 27 and reportedly sent to the prison in Pyi.
