Myanmar: 18 years of persecution
Published by Toby Coop October 24th, 2007 in BrandNewFutures“On 24 October 2007, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will have spent 12 of the last 18 years under detention. She may be the best known of Myanmar’s prisoners of conscience, but she is far from the only one. Amnesty International believes that, even before the recent violent crackdown on peaceful protesters, there were more than 1,150 political prisoners in the country.
Prisoners of conscience among these include senior political representatives of the ethnic minorities as well as members of the NLD and student activist groups.
To mark the 18th year of Aung San Suu Kyi’s persecution by the Myanmar, Amnesty International seeks to draw the world’s attention to four people who symbolise all those in detention and suffering persecution in Myanmar. These include Aung San Suu Kyi herself; U Win Tin, Myanmar’s longest-serving prisoner of conscience; U Khun Htun Oo, who is serving a 93 year sentence; and Zaw Htet Ko Ko, who was arrested after participating in the recent demonstrations in the country….”
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Amnesty International
24 October 2007
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