The female prisoners in Sittwe jail have been facinghuman rights violations from the prison authorities regularly, said a womanleader of an organization.    

The women prisoners are facing problems every day.They are not only forced to work hard, but also being assaulted by the prisonauthorities.

They are forced to work inside buildings and evenasked to clean bushes and carry water.

"There are twofemale officials who have been engaging in oppressing female prisoners. Even when somebody is not feeling well,she is not allowed to take rest,” described the woman leader.

Moreover, the women prisoners are deprived ofmedications in need.

"The officers even rebuke the Rakhine prisonerswhen they ask for menstrual precautionary items. They don't get thoseitems in jail,” she added.

The female prisoners need to sit from 4:20 to 7:00 amin a queue. They have to sit on the squat at 7:20 am for hot water. During the afternoon hours (5 to 7:30 pm) they areagain insulted.

The concern for security of women prisoners is alsoraised as more women have been arrested for political activism in the last fewmonths.

Since the military coup in Myanmar, the militarycouncil has arrested more than 3,400 women, out of them over 600 have alreadydied, said a statement from the Myanmar/Burma Women's Union (BWU).