Student activist and political prisoner Thet Win Aung died on Monday from several untreated diseases while serving a 59-year term in Mandalay prison in central Burma, his family said.
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A massive 270,000 signatures have been garnered throughout Burma demanding the release of five student leaders detained last month, according to a campaigner.
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Burma’s military government on Tuesday stepped up pressure on opposition political groups by saying that their activities were an attempt to disrupt the peace and stability of the country, according to state-run daily newspaper Myanma Alin.
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Birthday organizers for Burma’s most revered female literary figure, Ludu Daw Amar, told The Irrawaddy on Tuesday that the prospects for holding the celebration on November 29 in Mandalay were “tremendously faint.”
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The people of Magwe Division have also been giving their moral support and signatures to the ‘White Expression’ and signature campaigns demanding the release of all political prisoners and the kick-start to the national reconciliation process.
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Military-ruled Myanmar announced Tuesday that it will privatize at least part of its biggest gold mine, inviting proposals for investments starting at two million dollars.
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An international financial watchdog has removed Burma from a list of nations that do not cooperate in the global fight against money laundering.
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Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont’s decision to take Burma off his immediate travel itinerary may underline his diplomatic caution towards Thailand’s next-door neighbour.
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October 9-15, Myanmar and East Timor established diplomatic relations late last month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced September 29.
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Paolo Sergio Pinheiro, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, is set to recommend that the UN General Assembly consider calling on the Security Council to act on the continuing conflict in Karen State.
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Thet Win Aung, who was sentenced to 59 years’ imprisonment after protesting for educational reform, has died in a central Myanmar jail, human rights groups said Tuesday.
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The international community and individual human rights groups have long condemned abuses by the Burmese military government, accusing the junta of being one of the world’s most repressive regimes. Many opposition groups, at home and abroad, went further, often labeling it a “murderous regime”. We believe the regime fully and shamefully deserves that label.
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Amnesty International is deeply concerned by the death in Mandalay Prison today of student leader and prisoner of conscience Thet Win Aung, aged 34. The organization calls on authorities to initiate a prompt, independent investigation into the causes of Ko Thet Win Aung’s death and to make the findings public.  The organization also urges the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) to take urgent steps to protect all prisoners’ health.
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Yesterday, one of Burma’s prominent student leaders, Thet Win Aung, died in Mandalay prison. His family was informed by the Special Branch of the police in the afternoon. However, the officers made no mention of why and how he died. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions are saddened by the loss of such a brave comrade.
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