Rights Group Warns of Severe Abuse Facing Female Political Prisoners at Myanmar’s Daik-U Prison

A total of 27 female political prisoners at Daik-U Prison in Myanmar’s Bago Region are being held in solitary confinement, with five facing extended sentences under fabricated charges, according to the Political Prisoners Network – Myanmar (PPNM). "Right now, 27 female political prisoners are in solitary confinement, and five have been framed with fabricated charges and given longer prison sentences. We still don't know the exact allegations against them or the extent of their extended sentences," said Ma Yaung Ni Lin, a member of PPNM's steering committee.