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Burma's Insein Prison: punishment and oppression

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Dissent in Burma has been brutally suppressed, and imprisonment in Insein Prison, located near the capital, Rangoon, has been the fate for many activists. There, a system of mistreatment and corruption brutalizes criminal and political detainees alike.

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    Htun Aung Gyaw

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Gyaw, H.A. Burma's Insein Prison: punishment and oppression. Crime Law Soc Change 15, 125–134 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00172379

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