Khin Ohmar

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Khin Ohmar
Global Leadership Award
(2008)

Khin Ohmar (

Burmese democracy activist noted for her leadership in the 8888 Uprising and her work with the Women's League of Burma
and the Burma Partnership.

Khin Ohmar was a senior student at

Burma Union Day, 12 February 1988.[5]

According to her 1995 testimony to a

Phone Maw, which was violently suppressed by riot police; she escaped when a Japanese diplomat gave her and other protesters shelter in his home.[1] On 18 March, the universities were closed.[1] She continued to help coordinate protests and international media coverage until the climactic rally of 8 August 1988, from which the "8888 Uprising" takes its name.[5]

Following the further suppression of pro-democracy protests by the

Burmese border to join the All Burma Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF), a revolutionary army.[2] Political differences and alleged leadership failures in the ABSDF leadership eventually caused Khin Ohmar to leave the group,[2] and she subsequently lived in the United States for at least five years.[1]

As of August 2007, she was active in the Burmese Women's Union, the Women's League of Burma and the Network for Democracy and Development.[2]

On October 25, 2009, she was "kicked out" of an

Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit on human rights, later charging that the organization was ineffective on Burmese human rights and "afraid to hear from civil society".[6] In April 2011, she called on the first US Ambassador to Asean, David Lee Carden, to "[stand] firmly on democracy and human rights for Burma".[7]

Awards

In 2008, Khin Ohmar won the

Shan Women Action Network activist Charm Tong.[10] US First Lady Laura Bush, the award's presenter, described Khin Ohmar as "one of the strongest voices against Burma's violent regime".[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Khin Ohmar (24 July 1995). "Statement of Khin Ohmar, Burmese Student Activist before the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations Senate Appropriations Committee, U.S. Senate". ibiblio.org. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d Yeni (August 2007). "Khin Ohmar: A Woman of Courage". The Irrawaddy. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7453-1541-6
    . p. 228.
  4. ISBN 978-1-59942-994-6
    . p. 146.
  5. ^ a b c "Remembering '88: Voices from the Streets". Democratic Voice of Burma. 8 August 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  6. ^ Charles McDermid and Jakkapun Kaewsangthong (25 October 2009). "Asian summit off to shaky start". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  7. ^ Ko Htwe (29 April 2011). "First US Ambassador to Asean Expected to Press Burma". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 13 May 2011.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "About the Memorial Fund". Anna Lindh Memorial Fund. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  9. ^ "Khin Ohmar from Burma receives Anna Lindh Award". Anna Lindh Memorial Fund. August 2008. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Past Global Leadership Awards". VitalVoices.org. 2010. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  11. ^ Laura Bush (7 April 2008). "Mrs. Bush's Remarks at Vital Voices Awards Ceremony". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 13 May 2011.

External links

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