Doh Athan

Conditions in juvenile detention centres worse than prison say former detainees

If a child is arrested, they should get extra protection under the law. But youths who have spent time in juvenile detention centres in Myanmar since the 2021 coup have told Doh Athan that conditions are as bad as in prisons, if not worse.

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