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Smuggled sketches show horrific conditions inside notorious Insein Prison in Myanmar

Radio Free Asia have released a series of sketches penned by inmates of a Burmese prison in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, and smuggled out of the prison by brave, released detainees. Thousands of mostly political prisoners have been sent there since last year’s coup. The following from Radio Free Asia…

“Sketches smuggled out of Myanmar’s notorious Insein Prison give a peak into the lives of those detained by the ruling military government. The drawings show endless rows of men hunched down and holding their knees in a single room and others sleeping on one side.”

The blue-ink drawings give an inside-look at daily life for male prisoners in their dormitories at the Insein Prison (nicknamed “Insane”) as they queue for water from a trough to wash, talking, playing simple games to pass the time, or just lying on the bare floor in the relentless tropical heat… no…

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