Burma: Student activist from All Burma Federation of Students Unions (ABFSU) arrested
Event- Country
- Myanmar
- Initial Date
- Apr 8, 2015
- Event Description
Po Po, a member of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) and participant in the main boycott student column, was arrested at her home in Thanlyin Township, Yangon, on the evening of April 8. "She was coming home for a while because she hadn't seen her mother for a long time. Her friends told her not to go back home. However, she wanted to see her mother. She was arrested at home with the help of informants in her ward. She was detained at the Thanlyin Myoma Police Station before being brought to the Kamayut Police Station," said ABFSU member Ei Po. "She was arrested for participation in the boycott student column in Heldan on March 10. We charged her under Sections 143, 145 and 505(B). Currently, she is being detained in our police station," said an unidentified police officer form the Kamayut Police Station. Four other student leaders from the ABFSU, including Kyaw Ko Ko and Nanda Sit Aung, have been charged under various sections of the penal code at the Kamayut Police Station.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Right to liberty and security
- Right to Protest
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Active
- Event Location
Latitude: 16.780832999999987
Longitude: 96.149722
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 8 April 2015, Po Po, a member of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) and participant in the main boycott student column, was arrested at her home in Thanlyin Township, Yangon. She was arrested for participating in the boycott student column in Heldan on 10 March. Four other student leaders from the ABFSU, including Kyaw Ko Ko and Nanda Sit Aung, have been charged under various sections of the penal code.