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Beatings, electric shocks, sexual violence: women endure torture in Myanmar prisons

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Human Rights Watch reported that female prisoners in Myanmar face severe torture, sexual violence, and inadequate medical care since the military coup in February 2021. Over 6,600 women, including Aung San Suu Kyi and 640 children, are among more than 30,000 political detainees. Bryony Lau, Asia deputy director at Human Rights Watch, described a prison system where suffering and neglect are common practices against political prisoners.

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Since the February 2021 military coup in Myanmar, more than 30,000 political prisoners have been detained, including over 6,600 women and 640 children. Human Rights Watch reported on Wednesday that female prisoners face widespread torture, sexual violence, and life-threatening medical neglect. The protracted civil war following the coup has killed about 100,000 people and displaced more than 3.5 million, highlighting severe human rights violations in the Southeast Asian nation. Bryony Lau, Asia deputy director at Human Rights Watch, emphasized that suffering and neglect in Myanmar’s prison system are both deliberate and routine for women detainees.

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Female prisoners in Myanmar are subjected to widespread torture, sexual violence and life-threatening medical neglect, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday, underlining the chronic ill-treatment of thousands of detainees in the war-torn nation.

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2026-09-23 · South China Morning Post

Beatings, electric shocks, sexual violence: women endure torture in Myanmar prisons · assertive framing

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Since the military seized power in a February 2021 coup, a protracted civil war has gripped the impoverished Southeast Asian nation, devastating several regions and killing about 100,000 while displacing more than 3.5 million. asserted

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In a report, the New York-based rights group said more than 6,600 women, including former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and 640 children, are among the more than 30,000 political prisoners detained since the coup. asserted

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“Women who have been detained as political prisoners in Myanmar paint a deeply disturbing picture of a prison system in which suffering and neglect are both deliberate and routine,” said Bryony Lau, the group’s Asia deputy director. asserted

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