13.12.2006
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
HONORS MYO MIN ZAW
Friday, December 8, 2006, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
At The Permanent Mission of the Union of Myanmar to the United Nations, 10 East 77th Street (between 5th and Madison Avenues) New York City
Myo Min Zaw was a student organizer who helped lead peaceful demonstrations protesting the poor state of education and human rights abuses in Burma. He was arrested on September 14, 1998, beaten while being taken into custody, and sentenced to 38 years in jail, which was later increased to 52.
Since his arrest, Myo Min Zaw has been moved from Rangoon to Mandalay, and has gone on hunger strikes to protest the poor treatment of prisoners. He currently suffers from a serious skin condition which, if untreated, could lead to the loss of his fingernails and toenails.
Amnesty International adopted Myo Min Zaw as a prisoner of conscience, and there are currently about a dozen chapters around the world working for his release. Prisoners of conscience are people who are detained because of their beliefs or identity, who have neither used nor advocated the use of violence.
In honor of International Human Rights Day, AIUSA-Group 280 peacefully gathered at the Permanent Mission of the Union of Myanmar to the United Nations on Friday, December 9, to present officials at the mission with nearly 1,000 signatures calling for the release of Myo Min Zaw.
(Courtesy of Moe Chan)
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