ABSDF Announces the publication of

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Subject: ABSDF Announces the publication of "Cries From Insein"

Dear friends,

ABSDF Announce the publication of "Cries From Insein"

The ABSDF has recently published a booklet entitled "Cries From
Insein" - a report on conditions for political prisoners in
Burma's infamous Insein Prison. The report is based on personal
experience of Win Naing Oo - its main author, who was jailed in
May 1990 for undertaking non-violent duties assigned to him by
the ABSDF. After three years of incarceration, abuse and torture
in prison, he was finally released from prison and able to leave
Burma.

The book is being distributed free of charge excluding postage.
Please send us your snail mail address plus postage charges of US
$4 (Europe, America) $2 (Asia)to P.O Box 42, Hua Mark P.O,
Bangkok 10243, Thailand.

For further information contact
ABSDF-MTZ: email:lurie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Excerpts from "Cries From Insein"

 ...The next morning, at 7am, the chief warden, prison officials
and 100 warders came into the solitary-confinement cell-block
shouting angrily and beating on the walls with sticks......

 ...Subsequently, all the students inside that solitary-
confinement cell-block were taken out and beaten unconscious....

 ...It is estimated that there are nearly 200 Buddhist monks in
Insein prison alone......

 ...The prison system of a country reflects the type of Government
ruling that country. The situation in prisons gives an indication
of the situation in the country as a whole.....

 ...On behalf of the political prisoners in Burma, I would like to
make it clear that all we sought was freedom, justice and
personal security- fundamental rights enjoyed by any civilized
society. What we were given were imprisonment, torture and even
death......

 ...I was a seventh grader when in 1975 the Burmese military
authorities hanged Ko Tin Maung Oo for organizing and leading the
students protests against the Burmese military. He was the first
student to be officially sentenced to death. Rumor had it that he
was forced to apologize for his wrong-doings to General Ne Win,
the then president of the country and chairman of the only legal
party, the Burma Socialist Program Party (BSPP) in exchange for
clemency. He refused and subsequently hanged at Insein Prison. 


All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF)
P.O Box 42, Hua Mark P.O
Bangkok 10243, Thailand
E-mail: lurie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx