Min Ko Naing

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Min Ko Naing

Min Ko Naing , actually Paw Oo Tun, ( Burmese မင်းကိုနိုင် or ပေါ် ဦး ထွန်း ; born October 18, 1962 in Rangoon , Burma ) is a Myanmar student leader.

The then 25-year-old zoology student Paw Oo Tun made his first appearance in March 1988 on the occasion of the ongoing unrest in what was then Burma , now Myanmar . With the expansion of the unrest, which culminated in the carnage of August 8, 1988, he rose to become the leader of the students in Rangoon under the pseudonym Min Ko Naing ('The Conqueror of the Kings ') and founded the All Burma Federation of Student Unions . After the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) came to power under General Saw Maung , Min Ko Naing was arrested on March 23, 1989 . It was not until November 18, 2004 - at the age of 42 - that he was released again as part of a mass release by the military government. He joined forces with other fellow students to form the "88 generation students" movement. When the latter organized a protest march against the drastic increase in fuel prices at the beginning of the demonstrations in Myanmar in August 2007, he and other activists, including Ko Ko Gyi , were arrested again. On November 11, 2008, a special court in Maupin Prison sentenced Min Ko Naing and other student movement leaders to 65 years in prison. In January 2012, he was released from custody with nearly 600 other political prisoners.

He was honored with the Homo Homini Prize 2000 for his advocacy for human rights.

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  1. ↑ MRTV3: To national traitors under the name of students  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.mrtv3.net.mm  
  2. ↑ DVB: 88 student leaders and activists arrested  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / english.dvb.no  
  3. ↑ Mizzima News: Min Ko Naing & '88 generation students' given 65 years ( Memento of the original from August 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mizzima.com
  4. ↑ Amnesty for 651 prisoners: Burma releases political prisoners from wienerzeitung.at, January 13, 2012 (accessed on January 13, 2012).
  5. ↑ Recipients of the Homo Homini Award ( English ) clovekvtisni.cz. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 17, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.clovekvtisni.cz
personal data
SURNAME Min Ko Naing
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paw Oo Tun (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Burmese freedom fighter
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Rangoon , Burma