After World War II Burma’s general Aung San got England’s PM Sir Clement Atlee to agree and give Burma independence from Great Britian. From 1948 until 1962 Burma was a democracy with freedom. Then in 1962 Burma’s general Ne Win staged a coup and ended Burma’s democracy, freedom and human rights.
Burma used to be Asia’s rice bowl, now it’s Asia’s begging bowl because today’s junta in Burma led by senior general Than Shwe are plundering Burma’s natural resources for themselves.
Member of 88 Generation Students Group, the 26 year-old father of one was sentenced to 11 years in prison with hard labour and is being held in Kyaukpu Prison in Rahkine state, far from his family.
He suffers from high[…]
Chairman and General Secretary of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD).
Charged with treason in 2005 along with the leader of the SNLD, Hktun Tun Oo whom they accused of leading a terrorist organisation. He received an 85 year[…]
Leading member of the 88 Generation Students Group. Voted in 2006 by Burma Digest as The Poltician of the Year.
He was sentenced to 65 years in prison in 2008 and is currently held in Loikaw prison, far from his[…]
Leading member of the 88 Generation Students Group. Former physics student married to another political prisoner Nilar Thein.
Aged 36 sentenced to 65 years imprisonment following the Saffron Revolution. Despite a request to be in the same prison as his[…]
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