This post is an abridged version of an article that appears in a forthcoming special edition of the Journal of Contemporary Asia on “Revolution and Solidarity in Myanmar” (54:5).
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On 15 June 2024 over 200 prisoners—including 60 women—were transferred from prisons in Mon State and Mandalay to alternative locations in a bid to disrupt anticipated “flower protests”. These were expected in connection with the 79th birthday of Myanmar’s deposed state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. On arrival in Daiku prison in Bago Region some of the transferred prisoners discovered…
