၈၈ တံုးက မင္းကိုနိင္ ဘယ္လိုလႈပ္ရွားခဲ့သလဲ

Yangon, Yangon Division, Myanmar - Oct 1988. Min Ko Naing ('Conqueror of Kings') and Chairman of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions, which was formed in late August 1988. Min Ko Naing's real name is Paw U Tun and he is a third year zoology student at Rangoon University. He was the most important student figure in the 8 August - 18 September 1988 pro-democracy uprising in Burma (now officially Myanmar). He stayed on in Rangoon after the bloody suppression of demonstrations by the military, and was arrested on 24 March 1989. Sentenced initially to twenty years of imprisonment, his term was later commuted to ten years. He was not, however, released in 1999, and is today [mid 2003] one of the world's longest serving prisoners of conscience. He is believed to have been tortured and held in solitary confinement. He is currently imprisoned in Sittwe (or Sittway) in Rakhine State which makes it hard for family members to visit. This photograph was taken at a secret rendezvous in Rangoon on the understanding that pictures of him unmasked would only be printed in the event of his arrest. In his hand is a list of the student demands.
By: Dominic Faulder
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