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"Three More Insein Prisoners Stage a Hunger Strike over Conditions"
By Saw Yan Naing December 13, 2007
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=9590
"Three more political prisoners have gone on a hunger strike in Insein Prison while Htin Kyaw, a prominent activist, continues his hunger strike in protest of human rights abuses in the prison, according to sources.
Htin Kyaw was arrested by Burmese authorities in August following his protests against the increase in fuel prices. He was prosecuted under Article 505—the instigation or destruction of stability or government.
Two university students, Nay Lin and Zin Lin Aung, and a human rights activist, Myo Thant, have joined Htin Kyaw, who is in the third week of his hunger strike, sources in Rangoon said.
The detainees are staging the hunger strikes because of the prison's inhumane conditions, such as the lack of sufficient food, medicine, medical treatment and the use of torture, the source said.
Soe Htun, an 88 Generation Student in Rangoon, told The Irrawaddy on Thursday from his hiding place that Nay Lin and Zin Lin Aung started their hunger protests on December 7. Myo Thant began his hunger strike on December 10.
Soe Htun said he is worried about the detainees' health since medical care in the prison is inadequate, and the International Committee of the Red Cross is not allowed to enter the prison or help the prisoners.
Nay Lin, Zin Lin Aung and Myo Thant were arrested by authorities for their activities in support of the September protests in Rangoon. Sources said their health is poor, and Myo Thant and Zin Lin Aung were sent to the prison's hospital.
Pyone Pyone Aye, who visited the prison to see her husband, Thet Oo, said his health condition is not good, and she takes him medicine because there is insufficient medicine in the prison.
A political prisoner, Thet Oo has been detained for 11 years. He was sentenced to 26 years imprisonment.
Pyone Pyone Aye said she met with political prisoner Han Win Aung, who contracted tuberculosis in the prison and was hospitalized once in November. He is serving a seven-year sentence.
"His health is bad," she said. "He looks thin and weak. He often vomits, which contains blood. He didn't receive good treatment. He should be released and have tests with a doctor."
The UN special rapporteur on human rights, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, recently published a report on the September crackdown. The report concluded that up to 4,000 people were arrested, compared to the official count of 2,927 and between 500 and 1,000 people were "still detained at the time of writing," including 106 women, of whom six were nuns."

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