The military-backed government in Burma still uses torture,
harassment and arbitrary arrest towards its civilians.
Mading
Zau Bawk is a 23-year-old Kachin farmer who was arrested in May 2012 and
tortured brutally by the military-backed government in Burma. While he was
farming, he was arrested by Burmese
Army 37th battalion on suspicion of being a solider from Kachin Independence Army (KIA). The KIA is the armed wing of the Kachin
Independence Organisation, which works for democracy and more autonomy for the
Kachin people.
He is currently
still on trial and he has been charged under the Unlawful Associations Act 17(1), which the
military-backed government in Burma uses to ban people from associating with
pro-democracy groups. According
to a family member, he has been suffering pain all over his body due to severe
beatings and he has had trouble hearing.
Please write to British Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire
MP asking him to take action to secure the immediate release of Mading Zau Bawk
and for the release of all of Burma’s remaining political prisoners.
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