Smuggled note exposes violence against women in Myanmar jail -lawyers, activists

An undated secret note exposes brutal violence on women inside Mandalay's Obo prison, that left scores of female prisoners injured, according to six activists and lawyers, in early February 2023, in this handout obtained by Reuters on March 8, 2023. Anti-junta forces coordination committee - Mandalay/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) - In early February, four members of an anti-junta group in the Myanmar city of Mandalay said they received a secret, one-page, handwritten note spirited out of a prison that details two days of clashes and beatings of female political prisoners.

The note, received by the "Anti-Junta Forces Coordination Committee - Mandalay" and since seen by Reuters, provides the first detailed account of a crackdown on defiant female prisoners inside Mandalay's Obo prison that left scores of women injured, according to six activists and lawyers who work with political prisoners.