Aung Zaw Shar’s Voice
Aung Zaw Shar is 45 years old and comes from Bago.
We meet in NuPho refugee camp just before the elections in Burma in November 2010.
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Su Su Win (42): “People can publish about our lives. Get our stories out into the world.”
Su Su Win’s Voice
Su Su Win is 42 years old and comes from Rangoon.
We meet her in NuPho refugee camp along the Thai-Burma border.
This is her story. Read the rest of this entry »
Thet Naing (47): “We need to open their minds. Their eyes. Their ears.”
Thet Naing’s Voice
Thet Naing is the founder of educational centre the Knowledge Zone, in Mae Sot, Thailand. He is 47 years old and originally comes from Bago. Read the rest of this entry »
Generation Wave: “As the young generation we have the responsibility to do something”
The Voice of Generation Wave
We meet Bobo, 22 and Kyaw Oo, 49, both from Rangoon. They are members of young underground freedom movement Generation Wave. We speak in Thailand just before the elections were held in Burma in November 2010.
U Zawana (50): “When the Burmese people and the international community take real action, change can come.”
U Zawana’s Voice
U Zawana is a Buddhist monk, originally from Bago Division. He became politically involved during the unrest and demonstrations in Burma in 1988.
Two years later, a religious boycott – a so-called pattanikkujjana – was announced. This is a powerful gesture by the Buddhist clergy towards the military regime. By calling for this boycott, Buddhist monks literally overturn their alms bowls and refuse alms offerings by people belonging to the junta or the army. Read the rest of this entry »
Daw Nwe Nwe Win (56): “How can I ever stop my political work?”
Daw Nwe Nwe Win’s Voice
Daw Nwe Nwe Win is from Rangoon. She wishes to share the following with us:
“I was active as a member of NLD’s Women League in Rangoon Township. I worked myself up from township level to district and later division level. I have been active in the NLD for more than 20 years.
I was first arrested in 1988 and spent eight months in a detention centre. There was no reason for my arrest. They just took me and kept me there for over half a year. So eventually, they released me. But I continued my activities for the NLD. Read the rest of this entry »
Daw Hnin Pan Ein (44) and U Ne Oo (46): “We suffered from this system. Now and in the past. We want democracy.”
The Voices of Daw Hnin Pan Ein and U Ne Oo
Daw Hnin Pan Ein – also known as ‘Ma Thandar’ is a writer and radio-reporter from Rangoon. Her husband U Ne Oo had to flee the country due to his political activities (NLD) and she followed him in November 2008. They live with their son in NuPho refugee camp, along the Thai-Burma border.
Daw Hnin Pan Ein is an active supporter of political prisoners and their families and helped many people over the years. Read the rest of this entry »
Daw Khin Khin Leh (49): The phoenix arisen from the flames
Khin Khin Leh’s Voice
Daw Khin Khin Leh is 49 years old and comes from Bago.
“I was a teacher at a secondary school. My husband was involved in political activities. I have three children. They arrested me because of my husband’s involvement in politics. He fled the country around that time. This was 1999. Read the rest of this entry »
Ko Tun (35): “How my family was reunited”
Ko Tun’s Voice
Ko Tun is 35 years old and is married to 27 year old Aye Thu Khaing. They have two children: their 7 year old son Ye Yint Tun and their 3 year old daughter Ei Kyai Zin Tun, aka Agu.
They currently live at the Relocation Site. It isn’t so long ago that they did not live together at all.
This is Ko Tun’s story. Read the rest of this entry »
Win Hlaing (40): “I want Burma to be free”
The Voice of Win Hlaing
Win Hlaing was born in 1969 in Pago. I speak to him on Tuesday 23 February, in NoPho refugee camp.