Phyoe Phyoe Aung

Phyo Phyo Aung
Born 1988 (age 29–30)
Organization All Burma Federation of Student Unions
Movement Saffron Revolution, Education reform campaign
Parent(s) Ne Win (activist)
Thandar

Phyo Phyo Aung (Burmese: ဖြိုးဖြိုးအောင်; born 1988) is a student activist and former political prisoner from Burma (Myanmar).[1] Her father is also an activist and was repeatedly arrested and sentenced for long prison terms under the military regime.[2] She was one year old when her father was arrested and sentenced for 20 years in 1989.

Background and political imprisonment

Phyo Phyo Aung was involved in the Saffron Revolution in 2007 and went into hiding. She worked together with her father in collecting the bodies for burial after Cyclone Nargis hit the Delta Region in May 2008. Both were arrested with others during their trip back to Yangon. She was sentenced for 4 years in prison by the military junta in June 2008. She was studying civil engineering at that time. She was released from Mawlamyaing Prison in October 2011 and became the general secretary of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) and a member of the Democratic Education Movement Leading Committee at the age of 27.[3][4] She became a prominent leader of education reform campaign in 2014-15. She was one of the leaders of students marching from Mandalay to Yangon to protest the new National Education Bill, and the protest was violently suppressed by the Myanmar Police Force in Letpadan Township on 10 March 2015. She attended sequel of meetings with Ministers and various stakeholders to discuss education bill and reform at Yangon, after which she was arrested.[5][6]

Her courage was praised by former American President George W. Bush.[7] She received the Citizen of Burma Award for 2015.[8][9] Amnesty International has declared her a prisoner of conscience.[10]

She was released in April 2016.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Phyo Phyo Aung @ Hnin Pwint Wai". http://burmawatchinternational1989.blogspot.com/. Burma Watch International 1989. Retrieved 9 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  2. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1564325172 Burma's Forgotten Prisoners
  3. ↑ "The story of the white rose". http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/. Retrieved 8 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  4. ↑ http://enigmaimages.photoshelter.com/image/I0000KBdD7MbTlYQ
  5. ↑ Nobel Zaw. "Protests Continue as Students, Govt Discuss Education Reform". IRRAWADDY. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Sithu. "Myanmar, Students Agree on Education Reforms". http://www.voanews.com/. Retrieved 8 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  7. ↑ "Phyo Phyo Aung Ca A Kuat". http://chinlandtoday.info/. Retrieved 8 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  8. ↑ "၂ဝ၁၅ ျပည္သူ႔ဂုဏ္ရည္ဆု မၿဖိဳးၿဖိဳးေအာင္ ရရွိ". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "ပြည်သူ့ဂုဏ်ရည်ဆု အကျဉ်းစံ ဗကသ မဖြိုး⁠ဖြိုးအောင် ဆွတ်ခူး". BBC. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "Phyoe Phyoe Aung, Myanmar". Amnesty International. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Moe, Wai; Paddock, Richard C. (2016-04-08). "Myanmar Releases Dozens of Student Activists From Jail". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-04-08.


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