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SAGAING DIVISION – According to the Political Prisoners Network-Myanmar, 28 political prisoners from Kale Prison were shackled and confined to solitary for almost two years.
28 political prisoners including Mr. J Nyi Nyi Maung, Mr. Kyaw Lin Maung and Mr. Aung Thu Lin ,who have been sentenced to 4 years in prison, were tortured and placed in solitary confinement by the junta prison authorities on the assumption that they were involved in a prison break plot.
It is said that these 28 people were placed in solitary confinement for a total of 643 days (almost two years), starting on March 15, 2022 and it only ended after 1:00 p.m. on January 4, 2024.
“Prisoners are not allowed to be shackled for that long. The prison authorities abused their power,” said Mr. Thaik Tun Oo, a member of the leading committee of the Political Prisoners Network-Myanmar.
According to the prison law, if an inmate has been shackled for more than 90 days, the prison can request the authorities to remove shackles, so the 28 inmates submitted their request for the shackles to be removed every time they had been shackled for 3 months, said Mr. Thaik Tun Oo.
Mr. Thaik Tun Oo noted that in the year of 2022, when they were shackled, they reported to the prison authorities four times, but the prison authorities blatantly violated the prison law by abusing their power, as well as violating the human rights of the prisoners.
According to the Political Prisoners Network-Myanmar, there were 238 political prisoners who were tortured and confined to solitary in prisons throughout the country in the year of 2023.