A coalition of 15 rights groups, including Amnesty International, Article 19, and Politics for Women Myanmar, released a joint public statement on Tuesday, expressing concern over reports of an ever-worsening human rights crisis in Myanmar jails.

The letter condemned the military regime for its widespread use of torture and the systematic denial of healthcare to political prisoners, noting the rising number of deaths in detention. Human rights organizations also urged the military to immediately cease all forms of torture and ill-treatment of detainees, and to align its detention practices with i nternational legal standards :

We demand that the Myanmar military urgently provide people deprived of their liberty access to adequate healthcare, of the same standard and with the same opt

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