{
  "id": 9265777,
  "title": "Beatings, electric shocks, sexual violence: women endure torture in Myanmar prisons",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/beatings-electric-shocks-sexual-violence-women-endure-torture-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T04:25:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3368465/beatings-electric-shocks-sexual-violence-women-endure-torture-myanmar-prisons"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Female prisoners in Myanmar are subjected to widespread torture, sexual violence and life-threatening medical neglect, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday, underlining the chronic ill-treatment of thousands of detainees in the war-torn nation. Since the military seized power in a February 2021 coup, a protracted civil war has gripped the impoverished Southeast Asian nation, devastating several…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}