U Win Tin
U Win Tin was imprisoned because of his senior position in the National League for Democracy (NLD), and was sentenced to further years in prison for his attempts to inform the United Nations of ongoing human rights violations in prisons in Myanmar. He has been in a poor state of health, exacerbated by his treatment in prison, which has included torture, inadequate access to medical treatment, being held in a cell designed for military dogs, without bedding, and being deprived of food and water for long periods of time. Having been arrested in July 1989, he spent 15 years in prison.
source:
News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International
AI Index: ASA 16/015/2005 11 March 2005
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