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Subject: Jame Mosely Staging Hunger-strike in Kentung Prison

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British-Australian Activist and Political Prisoner James Mosely Staging
Hunger-strike Campaign in Kentung Prison

News from Shan State stated that British-Australian activist and political
prisoner James Rupert Russell Mosely has began staging an ongoing
hunger-strike
campaign in the Kentung prison as of December 18th 1999. 

James Mosely was arrested on August 31st 1999 in Tachileik by the military
government for distributing anti-SPDC documents. 

He was charged under Article 17 of the Press and Publishers' Registration Act
of 1962 in the Tachileik township court. A secondary charge of illegal entry
was placed upon him as well based on Article 13(1) of the Immigration Act of
1947. Although Mosely has been charged with a severe sentence of 17 years
imprisonment, the grounds under which the SPDC government is basing the
sentence is unjustifiable. The reason being that the documents found on Mosely
were printed outside of Burma thereby not infringing any of the Press and
Publishers' Registration Act. He also paid the legal entry fee of five
American
dollars into Tachileik, as stated by the government. Despite the SPDC's
unsustainable evidence James Mosely was imprisoned at Kentung prison in Shan
State for 17 years.

James Mosely had been arrested two times prior to his current imprisonment for
demonstrating against the SPDC's oppression of freedom and harsh abuses
against
human rights. The arrests were conducted in the townships of Rangoon and
Moulmein.

As of December 18th 1999, James Mosely began his ongoing hunger-strike
campaign
in Kentung prison to this day. Sources near the Kentung prison states that he
has taken nothing by mouth except for water. It has been known that the reason
behind his hunger-strike campaign is to demonstrate against the unlawful
imprisonment of student leader Minn Ko Naing also know as Paw Oo Htun.  

The Documentation and Research Center
All burma Students' Democratic Front.




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Aung Naing
In Charge ( Documentation and Research Centre- ABSDF )
Chairperson ( ABSDF-NB )
Central Executive Committee ( ABSDF )

P.O Box 23
Mae Sariang Post Office
Mae Sariang 58110

Phone.... + 66 53 682419
Fax........  + 66 53 682419 or for personal +  1 505 206-4922
E-mail... For northern ABSDF ............ maikha@xxxxxxxxx
             For Documentation Centre... dawn@xxxxxxxxxxxx
             For Aung Naing ................... andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
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British-Australian Activist and Political Prisoner James Mosely Staging
Hunger-strike Campaign in Kentung Prison<br>
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News from Shan State stated that British-Australian activist and
political prisoner James Rupert Russell Mosely has began staging an
ongoing hunger-strike campaign in the Kentung prison as of December
18<font size=1><sup>th</font></sup><font size=3> 1999. <br>
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James Mosely was arrested on August
31</font><font size=1><sup>st</font></sup><font size=3> 1999 in Tachileik
by the military government for distributing anti-SPDC documents. <br>
<br>
He was charged under Article 17 of the Press and Publishers' Registration
Act of 1962 in the Tachileik township court. A secondary charge of
illegal entry was placed upon him as well based on Article 13(1) of the
Immigration Act of 1947. Although Mosely has been charged with a severe
sentence of 17 years imprisonment, the grounds under which the SPDC
government is basing the sentence is unjustifiable. The reason being that
the documents found on Mosely were printed outside of Burma thereby not
infringing any of the Press and Publishers' Registration Act. He also
paid the legal entry fee of five American dollars into Tachileik, as
stated by the government. Despite the SPDC's unsustainable evidence James
Mosely was imprisoned at Kentung prison in Shan State for 17 years.<br>
<br>
James Mosely had been arrested two times prior to his current
imprisonment for demonstrating against the SPDC's oppression of freedom
and harsh abuses against human rights. The arrests were conducted in the
townships of Rangoon and Moulmein.<br>
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As of December 18</font><font size=1><sup>th</font></sup><font size=3>
1999, James Mosely began his ongoing hunger-strike campaign in Kentung
prison to this day. Sources near the Kentung prison states that he has
taken nothing by mouth except for water. It has been known that the
reason behind his hunger-strike campaign is to demonstrate against the
unlawful imprisonment of student leader Minn Ko Naing also know as Paw Oo
Htun.&nbsp; <br>
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The Documentation and Research Center<br>
All burma Students' Democratic Front.</font><br>

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Aung Naing<br>
In Charge ( Documentation and Research Centre- ABSDF )<br>
Chairperson ( ABSDF-NB )<br>
Central Executive Committee ( ABSDF )<br>
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P.O Box 23<br>
Mae Sariang Post Office<br>
Mae Sariang 58110<br>
<br>
Phone.... + 66 53 682419<br>
Fax........&nbsp; + 66 53 682419 or for personal +&nbsp; 1 505
206-4922<br>
E-mail... For northern ABSDF ............ maikha@xxxxxxxxx<br>
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For Documentation Centre... dawn@xxxxxxxxxxxx<br>
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For Aung Naing ................... andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxx</b></html>

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