Insein Prison (Burmese: အင်းစိန်ထောင်) is located in Yangon Division, near Yangon (Rangoon), the old capital of Myanmar (formerly Burma). From 1988 to 2011 it was run by the …

Jun 24, 2023 · Stamped into the map of northern Yangon like a giant wheel, Insein prison is one of the more sinister legacies of British colonial rule in Myanmar. It was built in 1877 in the form …

Jun 10, 2021 · Frontier Myanmar said they understand he is being held in Insein Prison, Myanmar’s infamous clock-shaped penitentiary north of Yangon known for holding political …

Aug 25, 2022 · Built by the British in 1871, Insein is Myanmar's largest prison, housing many people arrested for opposing the junta which surged to power in February 2021. The prison …

Apr 8, 2022 · Fourteen sketches smuggled out of Myanmar’s Insein Prison and interviews with eight former prisoners offer a rare glimpse inside the country’s most notorious jail, where …

Jun 30, 2021 · Myanmar 's authorities will free around 700 prisoners from Yangon's Insein jail on Wednesday, prison chief Zaw Zaw told Reuters, in a release that is expected to include some …

Nov 17, 2022 · A bus carrying prisoners freed in an amnesty in Myanmar was seen leaving Insein jail in the commercial capital Yangon on Thursday, two witnesses told Reuters.

Maung Pho, who was jailed at Insein, recorded life inside with his pen Phyo Wai Hlaing, a 21-year-old wi-fi technician, had been missing for a week in July 2021 when his father received …

Oct 19, 2022 · At least eight people have been killed in explosions at Myanmar's notorious Insein prison in Yangon. Locals told BBC Burmese two parcel bombs went off at the entrance to the …

Jul 8, 2009 · In 1999, Ma Khine was sentenced to two and a half years jail in Burma’s notorious Insein Prison. She and her husband lost everything they had worked for. More harrowing for …