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Win Tin, eighty-four years old when I met him, was a living legend not only in Myanmar but around the world. I was therefore a little timorous when I rang his phone number and explained who I was, but a wavering voice at the other end said graciously, “You may come to my house today at 5 p.m.”

To get there required a forty-minute taxi ride from downtown Yangon, out to the northeast of the city into a low-key suburban area, and a slow creep along several unmarked streets, searching for the place. The tarmac had crumbled at the edges of the dusty roads in which children ran riot. Wild greenery crept around the faded houses and threatened to turn the place back into jungle, and watermelon-red flowers splashed roadside bushes with color. When I finally found the house, a little girl answered the front door. She smiled broadly, revealing gappy teeth, and pointed behind me. I looked around and saw the tiny concrete cabin to the left of the leafy entrance gate, covered in ruby bougainvillea. I’d assumed this was where a security man might sit, or it could even have been an oversized kennel. But this was Win Tin’s home. He lived there alone. He couldn’t adjust to any other way. In his words, he had “no family life after spending almost twenty years in solitary confinement.”

I knocked on the door and there he was, in the bright blue shirt he notoriously wore every day after his release, mirroring the uniform of the political prisoners who remain imprisoned, and whom he supported financially through the foundation he set up for the purpose. White-haired, bespectacled, and with twinkling eyes, he welcomed me in, apologizing that he was currently receiving a massage but that I could talk to him while it finished. A smiling younger man materialized, nodded at me, and sat down to pummel at Win Tin’s back while we spoke; it turns out the man was not a professional masseur but simply a pilgrim to his political hero, and

The AAPP recommends the two following texts – the first, a testimonial by former political prisoner Myo Yan Naung Thein delivered to DVB, and the second, a story about Hla Moe, husband of imprisoned political activist Mie Mie – as they provide a glimpse into the struggles of political prisoners and their families in Burma.

Testimony of a released political prisoner – DVB (2 November 2009)

Online at: http://english.dvb.no/news.php?id=3010

A Husband whose wife is a political prisoner – By Than Htike Oo, The Irrawaddy (27 November 2009)
Online at: http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17304

Prisoners Released

7 political prisoners were released in September. At least 1 of these prisoners – Khin Maung Kyi (2 months) – was released after having served his full sentence. Two others – Htet Soe Lin and Thet Paing Lin were released after having completed 9 months of their 2 and a half year sentence. The other released prisoners are Aung Myo Latt, Min Satta, Zaw Tun Naing, and Ye Htet Soe, who is a member of the AASYC.

National League for Democracy

There are at least 433 members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) that are currently detained. This presents a decrease compared to the 435 that were detained in August. The release of Htet Soe Lin, a youth member of the NLD in charge of the Dala Township in Rangoon, is most noteworthy. The NLD remained politically active in November, notably by holding meetings with visiting U.S. diplomats. While the party has supported Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s overtures to the junta, it has simultaneously made clear that its participation in the 2010 elections are contingent not only on the release of political prisoners, but also an amendment of the Constitution which, in its current form, would guarantee that the elections would not be free or fair.

24 November 2009

U Win Tin: Junta not worried by sanctions

U Win Tin, a Central Executive Committee (CEC) member of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democr

KO NAY WIN SECOND CLIP I was arrested around 5 pm. On 12 july. A group of those guys came in and said They have something to discuss with me and asked to let them to do so and come along with them. Among them there was the 100 household leader. I told them It is ok. So I came along. When We were around Sawbwa Gyi Gone area, I realized they were taking me to MI 6. At that night I went through interrogation. As usual a hood was put over the head. Legs stretched, standing. It lasted 3 days without a sleep. Interrogated in standing position. No food, no drinking water given. How I drank water was we were allowed to pee. While peeing, there was a water tap for toilet use. We drank water from toilet tap. Only thing allowed was to pee. Interrogation carried on non-stop. They made us to ride a bike, to make a sound brrr.. brrr. To do different things like this. Head being covered with hood, we could not see anything. Later we were sent from MI 6 to Ye Kyi Ai. At MI 6 there was beating and hitting. Eyes covered with plastic bag. I broke the plastic bag. Because I was going to faint. Then they hit me in the face. I saw stars and fire. My eyes were swollen because of punches. When I did not get what they want from me, I made me knee down to the floor, broken stones put underneath. I was told to knee down. After 16-17 days I arrived at Insein prison. We had to endure further sufferings. No need to mention those hardships. Like sleeping on concrete floor, bitten by bugs, difficulties in living and food, sitting in disciplinary positions and so on. There are 107 co-defendants in our case. It lasted a week at MI 6. And then to Ye Kyi Ai near Htauk Kyant. Order was given from outside. Not to speak. Not to talk to each other. So we did not talk. I covered my head with a blanket I only had. Even though, we both were slapped being accused of talking. Ko Soe Lwin collapsed 2 to 3 times and was sent to military hospital. He regained consciousness there. He was given 2 to

Burmese politician and hip hop artist (1981–2022)

In this Burmese name, the given name is Phyo Zeya Thaw. There is no family name.

Phyo Zeya Thaw (Burmese: ဖြိုးဇေယျာသော်; pronounced[pʰjòzèjàθɔ̀], also referred to as Zeya Thaw (Burmese: ဇေယျာသော်; pronounced[zèjàθɔ̀]; 26 March 1981 – 23 July 2022) was a Burmese politician and hip hop recording artist who was detained and executed due to the perceived anti-government messages in his lyrics. Amnesty International designated him as a prisoner of conscience. He served as a member of Pyithu Hluttaw, the Lower House of the Burmese parliament. Phyo Zeya Thaw, alongside opposition leader and State CounsellorAung San Suu Kyi, was elected to the lower house on 1 April 2012.

In November 2021 Phyo Zeya Thaw was arrested by the Myanmar military junta and was sentenced to death in January 2022. In June 2022, the junta announced that his execution was imminent. On 23 July 2022, Phyo Zeya Thaw and three other democraticactivists, including Kyaw Min Yu (Ko Jimmy), were executed.

Early life and education

Phyo Zeya Thaw was born on 26 March 1981 in Yangon, Myanmar to Mya Thaw, a former rector and his wife Khin Win May, a dentist. He attended high school at Basic Education High School No. 6 Botahtaung (BEHS No. 6 Botahtaung). He enrolled at the University of Pharmacy, Mandalay in 1999, then switched to distance education at the Yadanabon University in 2000, and graduated with Bachelor of Arts (B.A), (English) in 2003.

Hip hop career

In 2000, Phyo Zeya Thaw's band Acid released Myanmar's first hip-hop album. Despite predictions of failure by many in the Burmese music industry, the album, Beginning, remained in the number one position of the Burmese charts for more than two months. A Democratic Voice of Burma reporter described his music as blending a "combative, angry style with indigenous poeticism".