Ko Ko Gyi [Myanmar, Activist]
Myanmar democracy activist Ko Ko Gyi spent a total of 17 years in prison for his political beliefs. First detained for his involvement in student protests in 1989, he was eventually released in 2012, along with 600 others, when the military-led government began implementing reforms. Mr Ko Ko Gyi now...
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sg-smu-ink.isl_dna-10022019-07-04T06:44:40Z Ko Ko Gyi [Myanmar, Activist] Gyi, Ko Ko Myanmar democracy activist Ko Ko Gyi spent a total of 17 years in prison for his political beliefs. First detained for his involvement in student protests in 1989, he was eventually released in 2012, along with 600 others, when the military-led government began implementing reforms. Mr Ko Ko Gyi now champions democracy and human rights issues as General Secretary of the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society. He was also a member of the government's Rakhine Investigation Commission to investigate the sectarian violence in Rakhine state. He speaks to DNA about the darkest days of his time in the infamous Insein Prison and what kept him going, as well as his hopes for the future of Myanmar. 2014-12-10T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/isl_dna/3 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=isl_dna http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Digital Narratives of Asia eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Myanmar democracy human rights Asian Studies Leadership Studies Political Science |
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Myanmar democracy activist Ko Ko Gyi spent a total of 17 years in prison for his political beliefs. First detained for his involvement in student protests in 1989, he was eventually released in 2012, along with 600 others, when the military-led government began implementing reforms. Mr Ko Ko Gyi now champions democracy and human rights issues as General Secretary of the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society. He was also a member of the government's Rakhine Investigation Commission to investigate the sectarian violence in Rakhine state. He speaks to DNA about the darkest days of his time in the infamous Insein Prison and what kept him going, as well as his hopes for the future of Myanmar. |
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