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MYANMAR – According to the Myanmar Political Prisoners Network, 16 political prisoners died in the year 2023 due to lack of adequate health care.
15 political prisoners (men) and a female prisoner died as they were not being allowed to receive medical treatment, and not getting proper medication.
The political inmates affected were from Myingyan, Thayarwaddy, Insein, Magway, Kalay, Kyaikmaraw, and Daik-U.
“This list is as far as we have been able to collect from only these 7 prisons,” said Mr. Thike Tun Oo, the official of the Myanmar Political Prisoners Network.
There are more than 40 prisons nationwide where political prisoners are detained and it is reportedly known that there were deaths in these prisons as well.
A political prisoner who suffered severe diarrhoea in prison said that the health care in the prison was insufficient. “I only got one packet of rehydration salt, and the rest of the medicine was expired, so I tried to live without taking it,” said the former political prisoner who experienced the lack of health care.
He also said that if a prisoner is sick, the prison authorities have to be notified step by step for permission to see a doctor, which takes time unnecessarily.
“I saw someone suffering with stage 3 ovarian cancer. She wanted to receive medical treatment but was not allowed and died after two months. I was not able to do anything for her,” a female political prisoner who was released shared what happened in prison.