Assistance Association for Political Prisoners
Assistance Association of Political Prisoners (Burma) (Burmese: နိုင်ငံရေးအကျဉ်းသားများကူညီစောင့်ရှောက်ရေးအသင်း; abbreviated AAPP or AAPPB) is an independent non-profit organisation founded by Burmese former political prisoners living in exile. Mainly staffed by ex-political prisoners, its main aims are to provide assistance for other Burmese political prisoners (those in prison and those who have been released), and to document news related to them.
နိုင်ငံရေးအကျဉ်းသားများကူညီစောင့်ရှောက်ရေးအသင်း | |
| Abbreviation | AAPP |
|---|---|
| Established | March 23, 2000 |
| Focus | Human rights, welfare of political prisoners |
| Headquarters | Yangon, Myanmar |
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| Coordinates | 16.862938°N 96.188026°E |
Secretary | Tate Naing |
Joint-Secretary | Bo Kyi |
| Website | aappb |
Its stated aims are “collecting information about political prisoners and prison conditions” and “giving assistance to political prisoners and their families, for example by providing food and medicines, or financial help to enable families to visit their loved ones in prison”.
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