Monthly Chronology May, 2011

Summary of current situation

There are a total of 1992 political prisoners in Burma. In June, 77 political prisoners were released.

The total number of political prisoners is 1992

These prisoners include: 

CATEGORY                                                                                       NUMBER

Monks                                                                                                      225

Members of Parliament                                                                               10

Students                                                                                                  268

Women                                                                                                    143

NLD members                                                                                          344

Members of the Human Rights Defenders and Promoters network                   26

Ethnic nationalities                                                                                    317

Cyclone Nargis volunteers                                                                           17

Teachers                                                                                                   24

Media activists                                                                                           23

Lawyers                                                                                                    12

Labor activists                                                                                           46

88 Generation Students                                                                              36

Doctors                                                                                                       8

Individual activists                                                                                    487

In poor health                                                                                          155

Since the protests in September 2007 leading to September's Saffron Revolution, a total of 847* activists have been arrested and are still in detention.

There is a slight discrepancy in numbers from the previous month. Although 3 monks were released under the general amnesty, AAPP received reports that 3 monks had been previously arrested. We cannot yet confirm when they were arrested.

Sources: AAPP