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		<title>U Win Tin (82): &#8220;There is no change. No change at all.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We spoke with U Win Tin before, shortly after his release in November 2009. It was quite a challenge to get hold of him by telephone at the time: I was given several telephone numbers and was told to dial different numbers. Not much has changed in Burma, it seems&#8230; This time, it turned out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://burmavoices.com/2011/11/u-win-tin-82-there-is-no-change-no-change-at-all/</link>
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		<title>Ma Su Su Nway (40): &#8220;We are struggling for human rights within the law, we do not break the law&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ma Su Su Nway&#8217;s Voice Ma Su Su Nway, is 40 years old (1971) and comes from Htan Ma Naing Village, Kawhmu Township in Yangon Division. She is a well-known activist in Burma and has been actively involved in issues relating to labour rights, child soldiers and forced labour. She was arrested after she put [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://burmavoices.com/2011/11/ma-su-su-nway-40-we-are-struggling-for-human-rights-within-the-law-we-do-not-break-the-law/</link>
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		<title>Zayar Thaw (31): &#8220;We strongly believe that our destination will be attained one day. That belief always motivates us to overcome these hard days in prison&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zayar Thaw&#8217;s Voice Ko Zayar Thaw was born Kyaw Kyaw on 26 March 1981. He is a well-known  hip-hopper in Burma and together with Yan Yan Chan founded hip-hop band Acid, which released Burma’s first hip-hop album Beginning in 2000. After the 2007 Saffron Revolution, Zayar Thaw and others founded Generation Wave. Generation Wave is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://burmavoices.com/2011/06/zayar-thaw-31-we-strongly-believe-that-our-destination-will-be-attained-one-day-that-belief-always-motivates-us-to-overcome-these-hard-days-in-prison/</link>
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		<title>Ashin Sopaka (34): &#8220;In my dreams, I see my people dancing. Celebrating freedom.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ashin Sopaka&#8217;s Voice Ashin Sopaka (Thawpaka) is 34 years old when we talk in Amsterdam, March 2011. He is originally from Yinmabin Township, Tha Pye Aye Village, in Sagaing Division. Ashin Sopaka is one of the founders of The Best Friend and has fought for freedom and democracy in his native country Burma, for many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://burmavoices.com/2011/04/ashin-sopaka-34-in-my-dreams-i-see-my-people-dancing-celebrating-freedom/</link>
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		<title>Ko Moe Kyaw Aung (47): &#8220;People may not even believe our stories of cruelty. They may think it’s a myth.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ko Moe Kyaw Aung’s Voice Ko Moe Kyaw Aung is 47 years old. He originally comes from Rangoon. He was active in the armed struggle for years. “I was part of the ABSDF (the former ABSFU) and the Democratic Union Solidarity (DaNyaTa). Both were active in the Thai-Burma border areas, fighting for democracy. In 1988 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://burmavoices.com/2011/02/ko-moe-kyaw-aung-47-people-may-not-even-believe-our-stories-of-cruelty-they-may-think-it%e2%80%99s-a-myth/</link>
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		<title>Ko Kyaw Zaw (37): &#8220;They said: ‘you did not know how to train your child, so we did it for you.’&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ko Kyaw Zaw&#8217;s Voice Ko Kyaw Zaw, aka Aung Kyaw Hein, is 37 years old and comes from Rangoon. We meet in NuPho refugee camp. “I was imprisoned for my activities in the student movement. In May 1989, I was arrested for the first time. I was 16 years old. I was too young for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://burmavoices.com/2011/02/ko-kyaw-zaw-37-they-said-%e2%80%98look-you-did-not-know-how-to-train-your-child-so-we-did-it-for-you-%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>Ko Kyi Toe (40): &#8220;I heard voices from the trucks screaming: we are still alive!&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ko Kyi Toe&#8217;s Voice Ko Kyi Toe is 40 years old and comes from Rangoon. We meet in NuPho refugee camp around the 2010 elections. “On 16 March 1988, my sister started marching with students, Tada Pyu (White Bridge). They marched peacefully. But the military regime blocked the streets. The students said: we are peaceful, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://burmavoices.com/2011/02/ko-kyi-toe-40-i-heard-voices-from-the-trucks-screaming-we-are-still-alive/</link>
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		<title>Ko Soe Myint Aung (39): &#8220;My friend died in my arms&#8230; I understood the cruelty of the junta&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ko Soe Myint Aung&#8217;s Voice Ko Soe Myint Aung is 39 years old and originally comes from Rangoon. We meet in NuPho refugee camp along the Thai-Burma border. “During the ‘88 student protests, I was 16 years old and I did not understand much about politics. Every morning, I would buy beans from a street [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://burmavoices.com/2011/02/ko-soe-myint-aung-39-my-friend-died-in-my-arms-i-understood-the-cruelty-of-the-junta/</link>
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		<title>Ko Zaw Htoo (46): &#8220;The military generals should may be be assassinated. For the good of the people.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ko Zaw Htoo is 46 years old and was born in Pyin U Lwin. We meet just before the November 2010 elections in NoPhu refugee camp. He runs D.U. Teashop (Diaspora Unity) in the camp. “I left Burma for the first time in 1988, when the economic situation was bad. I worked in Thailand, Malaysia. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://burmavoices.com/2011/02/ko-zaw-htoo-46-the-military-generals-should-may-be-be-assassinated-for-the-good-of-the-people/</link>
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		<title>Ko Aung Pan (40): &#8220;We need to organise the army, so that they are on our side and can take power&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ko Aung Pan&#8217;s Voice Ko Aung Pan is 40 years old and comes from Monywa in Upper Burma. “ I joined the student demonstrations in 1988 and helped found the Student Union Monywa. I later went underground, I was forced to work underground. I was involved in a poster campaign against the military government. We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://burmavoices.com/2011/01/ko-aung-pan-40-we-need-to-organise-the-army-so-that-they-are-on-our-side-and-can-take-power/</link>
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