Comments on: Insein Prison

By: Peter Simmons

Peter Simmons — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:41:23 +0000

Suu Kyi IS in this prison, she was taken from house arrest several days ago, and was just produced for the meeting with the UN ambassador and then returned.
Sign a petition against the Burmese junta here http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_burma/t.php

By: Ecotakako

Ecotakako — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:07:53 +0000

I’m so upset. She would take that gov’t down if she was out for one day!!! The world fears powerful women. There’s a piece about her detainment on “democracy now” online radio http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/27/1435255

learn and take the action appropriate for you!

They interview Ho tai - who was imprisoned in the INSANE prison. nam-myoho-renge-kyo - for peace in the world.

By: Russ

Russ — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:05:00 +0000

Reminds me of Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia
The asylum scenes in 12 monkeys were filmed there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_State_Penitentiary
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: Keith T.

Keith T. — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:58:05 +0000

The pictures of broad empty streets and empty buildings of Naypyidaw (linked from WP) remind me of photos of Pyongyang, with its broad empty streets and huge unused sports stadiums etc. Potemkin villages are the favorite play-toy of repressive regimes these days.

By: RJ

RJ — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:00:38 +0000

And this presumably is dictator Than Shwe’s home near Naypyidaw:

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Look around the area and note all the highly secured buildings and houses, looks like the military junta isn’t too keen on visitors.

By: Tammo

Tammo — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:11:28 +0000

They certainly have some colorful roof-tiles in that new capital of theirs … never mind that the population is starving.

By: paul canning

paul canning — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:24:47 +0000

The Burmese military are building a new capital, Naypyidaw, in the middle of nowhere. You can see the outlines in Google Earth/Placemark: Maps / Google Earth and here’s Wikipedia/WikiMapia .

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:18:51 +0000

duobt we’ll find any ground level mages…?

By: Keith T.

Keith T. — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:04:19 +0000

The thumbnail doesn’t do it justice. This is a central panopticon prison with 16 spokes. There’s farmland inside the prison for goodness sakes! The outside courtyard is 100 feet wide. There appear to be additional smaller compounds to the north and northeast.

By: Jack M

Jack M — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:17:03 +0000

“Detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who appeared outside her house at the weekend, is said to have been moved to the notorious Insein prison.”